People v. Pritchett

On October 13, 1971, defendant, James Pritchett, was indicted for the offense of burglary. At a hearing held on November 22, 1971, defendant withdrew his previous plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty. The trial court accepted defendant’s guilty plea to burglary and sentenced him to a term of 1-5 years. The issue before this court is whether the trial court substantially complied with Supreme Court Rule 402 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, par. 402) before accepting the plea of guilty.

At the time defendant appeared in court to change his plea the record indicates the following…