People v. Wooley

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, wherein the defendant pleaded guilty to three separate indictments charging armed robbery, for which he was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a term of three to four years on each indictment, the sentences to run concurrently.

The question on appeal is whether the court properly accepted the defendant’s plea of guilty. Defendant complains his waiver of a jury trial was not understandingly made and also the court failed to find the defendant understood the nature of the charges against him.

The defendant, Robert Wooley, was charged…