The PEOPLE v. Thompson

Defendant, Thurman Thompson, was charged on an information, filed in the circuit court of Macon County, with the crime of burglary of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Decatur, Illinois, on June 13, 1957. Defendant appeared before the circuit court of Macon County on June 21, 1957, where counsel was appointed for him, whom defendant accepted. The court thereafter fully and thoroughly explained to defendant all of his rights to have his case presented to a grand jury and to trial, and the full consequences of a plea of guilty. The defendant and his attorney acknowledged that defendant had read…