THE PEOPLE v. KESSLER

No. 34927.

15 Ill.2d 514 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 620

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RUDOLPH LOUIS KESSLER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RUDOLPH LOUIS KESSLER, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES E. BALES, State's Attorney, of Dixon, (FRED G. LEACH, and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 28, 1953, the defendant, Rudolph Louis Kessler, pleaded guilty to six indictments each charging him with different and distinct offenses for forgery and to one indictment charging him with assault with intent to commit murder. On his several pleas of guilty he was sentenced to serve consecutively, in the State penitentiary at Joliet, six terms each of not less than five...

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