The PEOPLE v. Ballheimer

The defendant on this writ of error challenges the adequacy of the admonitions given him by the trial court of Franklin County before it accepted his pleas of guilty to the criminal charges concerned.

A constitutional question is involved in this cause, and the defendant, Richard F. Ballheimer, Jr., appears pro se.

The defendant was indicted for forgery of a check in the amount of $40 and on November 20, 1962, through his attorney, the defendant moved that the not-guilty plea which theretofore had been entered be withdrawn and a plea of guilty substituted. The court advised the defendant of his…