PEOPLE v. WILLS

No. 47039.

61 Ill.2d 105 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 505

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN WILLS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing June 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield (Thomas Nelson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard J. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Danville (James B. Zagel and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Kathryn J. Kuhlen, John Thomas Moran, John X. Breslin, and David W. Hirschboeck, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for amicus curiae the public defender of Cook County.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Wills, appealed from the judgments of the circuit court of Vermilion County entered upon his pleas of guilty to the offenses of burglary, escape and armed robbery. The circuit court imposed concurrent sentences of 3 to 9 years for the burglary, 3 years and 4 months to 10 years for the escape, and 5 to 30 years for the armed robbery. The appellate...

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