People v. Coleman

MISS JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The court is called upon to determine whether an understanding waiver of the right to trial by jury has been made. This appeal arises following a conviction upon a misdemeanor complaint and under circumstances in which the arraignment, plea, trial, conviction and sentence of the accused took place during a single proceeding held on February 4, 1977. The offense involved is that of keeping a gambling place (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 28 — 3). The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $90.

The record on appeal indicates that…