People v. Buford

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DAVIS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents the narrow issue of whether the trial court erred in imposing upon the defendant a sentence of not less than two nor more than seven years in the penitentiary.

The defendant was arrested on May 29, 1968, and was charged with the offense of having cashed a forged check in the sum of $50 on December 1, 1967. After an indigency hearing, the Public Defender was appointed on June 11, 1968, to represent him. The next day the defendant waived a preliminary hearing, and he was indicted by the Winnebago County Grand Jury…