PEOPLE v. FERGUSON

No. 31554.

410 Ill. 87 (1951)

101 N.E.2d 522

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. STERLING FERGUSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STERLING FERGUSON, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Sterling Ferguson was indicted for burglary by the grand jury of Cook County, and on his plea of guilty was convicted and, on May 27, 1935, was sentenced to the penitentiary. He brings this writ of error to review the judgment of conviction upon the common-law record, contending that the sentence imposed upon him was so uncertain and indefinite as to be void, or, alternatively, that...

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