People v. Clark

The defendant, James Clark, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Rock Island County for the crime of armed robbery against two separate victims. Following plea negotiations he entered a plea of guilty to both counts of the indictment and was sentenced to two concurrent terms of not less than six nor more than eight years in the penitentiary. In this appeal he contends that the trial court failed to determine if a plea of guilty was voluntary and that there was a factual basis for it as required by Supreme Court Rule 402.

We first direct our attention to the defendant’s contention that the trial…