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PEOPLE v. STAPELTON

No. 70-41.

5 Ill. App.3d 219 (1972)

283 N.E.2d 117

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLEAUDUS STAPELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

May 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Vogel, of Glen Ellyn, for appellant.

Louis R. Bertani, State's Attorney, of Joliet, for the People.

Affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Cleadus Stapelton on November 8, 1969, escaped from the Will County jail. He had been incarcerated in the jail awaiting trial on a charge of armed robbery. Within a short time after his escape the defendant voluntarily returned to Will County and surrendered himself to the law enforcement officers.

After trial by jury the defendant was found guilty of the crime...

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