People v. Walker

Defendant was indicted on June 5, 1972, for the offense of armed robbery. On January 4, 1973, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of armed robbery. After accepting his plea, the court sentenced him to a term of not less than 4 years nor more than 4 years and 1 day.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court, in accepting defendant’s guilty plea, complied with the requirements of Supreme Court Rule 402 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, §402).

At the proceedings on the plea, defendant’s attorney represented to the court, in the…