PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 31418.

406 Ill. 232 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 143

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN W. ADAMS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN W. ADAMS, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. BRESEE, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Cause transferred.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

John W. Adams, the plaintiff in error, was indicted by the grand jury at the January term, 1946, of the Champaign County circuit court for the offenses of burglary and larceny.

On January 31, 1946, he entered a plea of guilty to count I of the indictment, which charged burglary, and made a motion to be admitted to probation. His application for probation was allowed on February...

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