PEOPLE v. COLE

No. 79-47.

84 Ill. App.3d 347 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 347

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE R. COLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied June 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Verlin R.F. Meinz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Willie R. Cole was convicted of escape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 31-6(a)), and sentenced to a 3-year term of imprisonment to run consecutively to a term he was already serving.

The evidence at trial established that defendant was serving a 2- to 10-year sentence for burglary at the Peoria Community Correctional Center. He received...

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