WILLS

v.

ILLINOIS

Citator

Cited By

• Lane v. Williams, 455 U.S. 624 (U.S. 1982)
  …pp. 1980)). In 1978 the parole requirement was amended by the Illinois Legislature and reduced, for the offense in question, to two years. 1977 Ill. Laws, P. A. 80-1099, §3. In People v. Wills, 61 Ill. 2d 105, 330 N. E. 2d 505 (1975), cert. denied, 423 U. S. 999, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the mandatory parole term is one of the consequences of a guilty plea that must be explained to the defendant before such a plea may be accepted. The court also held, however, that its decision should not be app…
• Wilson v. Harris, 595 F.2d 101 (2d Cir. 1979)
  …he intentional waiver, reported to the court by counsel, is sufficiently vouched for as to render this preferred practice unnecessary. See also People v. Epps, 37 N.Y.2d 343, 372 N.Y.S.2d 606, 334 N.E. 2d 566, cert. denied sub nom. Epps v. New York, 423 U.S. 999, 96 S.Ct. 430, 46 L.Ed.2d 374 (1975). Compare Cross v. United States, 117 U.S.App.D.C. 56, 325 F. 2d 629 (1963). We have warned that a trial judge should not readily proceed to trial of a defendant who has waived his right to be present. See United…