PEOPLE v. LERCH

No. 44322.

52 Ill.2d 78 (1972)

284 N.E.2d 293

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD L. LERCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THEODORE A. GOTTFRIED, Illinois Defender Project, of Ottawa (BRUCE STRATTON, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DeWULF, State's Attorney, of Rock Island (THOMAS J. IMMEL, Assistant Attorney General and F. STEWART MERDIAN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Rock Island County to attempted escape and aggravated battery. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of 3 to 5 years on the former charge and 5 to 10 years on the latter. The appellate court affirmed (People v. Lerch (Ill. App. 1971), 268 N.E.2d...

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