The PEOPLE v. Nelson

Defendant, Ira Nelson, was found guilty of armed robbery by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary under the Habitual Criminal Act for a term of not less than five years nor more than life. On this writ of error defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to discharge him under the four-months statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 633.1), and, in the alternative, that the court erred in denying his petition for a change of venue.

Defendant was arrested on September 13, 1957, and was tried on indictment 57-2282 (not involved…