The PEOPLE v. Brown

Plaintiff in error pleaded guilty to the crime of larceny of a motor vehicle in the circuit court of Morgan County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than ten years. He has sued out a writ of error from this court to review the judgment of conviction, bringing before us the common-law record only.

Plaintiff in error assigns as error the fact that the record does not contain a written waiver of jury trial. There is no requirement that a waiver of right to trial by jury be in writing. (People v. Deese, 402 Ill. 200.) The transcript of the proceedings…