People v. Melvin

This is an appeal by the defendant, Darrell Glen Melvin, from a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of Franklin County on the defendant’s negotiated plea of guilty to one count of felony theft and the imposition of a sentence of 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal the defendant contends, among other things, that the trial court “did not advise the defendant of, nor determine that he understood that he was entitled to appointed counsel; neither did the defendant knowingly and intelligently waive his right to appointed counsel.”

Supreme Court Rule 401 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch.…