People v. Buckner

I respectfully dissent.

Just a scant month ago, on January 20, 1976, another panel of judges of this court filed an opinion in the case of People v. Barringer, 34 Ill. App. 3d 295, 341 N.E.2d 386 (1976), in which it was held that where a sentencing hearing immediately follows a guilty plea it is unnecessary to again advise defendant of his right to be represented by an attorney at that sentencing hearing.

The majority opinion is squarely contradictory to Barringer and makes no reference to Barringer although the author of the majority opinion was a member of the panel that decided Barringer.

This…