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THE PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 42143.

45 Ill.2d 314 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 26

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LERALD EDWARD WILLIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DARRELL R. RENO, of Pontiac, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BURT delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal comes to us from the circuit court of Livingston County, where defendant had pleaded guilty to theft of a Ford tractor and tractor-trailer taken from a service station on U.S. Route 66 near Pontiac on August 24, 1965. Defendant was sentenced to five to ten years in the State penitentiary at Menard on September 9, 1965.

On October 19, 1967, while in Menard, the defendant...

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