People v. Williams

Defendant, Fred M. Williams, was sentenced to a 30-month term of probation on April 7, 1983, after pleading guilty to retail theft in the circuit court of Kankakee County. On July 15, 1985, with less than three months remaining on his sentence, the State filed a petition to revoke probation, alleging that the defendant had pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and theft. A summons was issued two days later.

At a hearing on March 6, 1986, the circuit judge dismissed the revocation petition on the ground that it did not allege the defendant had committed a criminal act, but only that he had…