People v. Dean

JUSTICE JOHN M. KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Brenda E. Dean, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Madison County revoking her sentence of probation and imposing a term of imprisonment.

In May 1982, defendant pleaded guilty to the offense of forgery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 17 — 3(a)(2)) following a charge that she knowingly and with the intent to defraud delivered to a grocery store clerk a check purported to have been made by another. She was sentenced to a period of two years’ probation.

In September 1982, the State filed a petition to revoke…