PEOPLE v. TOMER

No. 11696.

11 Ill. App.3d 157 (1973)

296 N.E.2d 370

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CECIL A. TOMER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

May 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McNichols, of Defender Project, of Springfield, (J. Daniel Stewart, of counsel,) for appellant.

L. Stanton Dotson, State's Attorney, of Charleston, for the People.


Reversed in part, affirmed in part, sentence modified and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE TRAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant guilty upon two counts of escape in violation of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 31-6(a). A sentence of eight to ten years was imposed. Defendant appeals.

The statute defines the charged offenses in the language:

"A person convicted of a felony, or charged with the commission of a felony who intentionally...

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