PEOPLE v. SPEARS

No. 43540.

50 Ill.2d 14 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 322

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JESSIE SPEARS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WAYNE B. FLANIGAN, of Waukegan, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JACK HOOGASIAN, State's Attorney, of Waukegan, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General; THOMAS M.P. HANNIGAN and ALPHONSE F. WITT, Assistant State's Attorneys; of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing defendant's post-conviction petition. On July 22, 1965, the defendant, who was 16 years old, and three co-defendants pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery. After a denial of a motion for probation, defendant was remanded to the custody of the Illinois Youth Commission (hereinafter the Commission) (Ill...

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