People v. Mize

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 22, 1974, defendant-appellant, appearing pro se, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with two counts of battery.. The trial court admonished him routinely in accordance with some aspects of Supreme Court Rule 402 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 1Í0A, par. 402), but neglected to describe the nature of the charge, inquire into the voluntariness of defendant’s plea, or explain defendant’s right to confront witnesses against him. Moreover, there appears to have been no determination of a factual basis for the plea in the…