People v. Clark

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Alf Freddie Clark, was indicted by a Rock Island County grand jury for the crime of armed robbery. Pursuant to plea negotiations the defendant pleaded guilty to the crime and was sentenced to a term of not less than 4 nor more than 8 years to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In this appeal the defendant urges inter alia that the trial court committed error in accepting his guilty plea without informing him of the nature of the charges against him.

Supreme Court Rule 402 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, §402) has…