People v. Hopping

Defendant-Appellant, Larry Hopping, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Knox County following a plea of guilty to a violation of the Dram Shop Act. He was sentenced to a 90 day term of imprisonment in the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia.

The complaint charged defendant with violation of section 131 of the Dram Shop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 43, par. 131) by selling, giving or delivering alcoholic liquor to persons under the age of 21, a Class B misdemeanor. A rubber stamp on the record sheet states that after defendant moved for leave to enter his plea of…