People v. Brown

PRESIDING JUSTICE HEIPLE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sherman W. Brown III, pleaded guilty in June 1983 to the charge of threatening a public official. The factual basis for the plea was that in December 1982, defendant wrote a threatening letter to Secretary of State Edgar regarding his driving privileges. Defendant was sentenced to 30 months’ probation and six months’ incarceration in the county jail. The sentencing judge orally announced a list of conditions attached to defendant’s probation. Among the conditions recited was that defendant abstain from the use of alcohol…