Flowers v. State

This cause comes on to be heard following a Commissioner’s report. Claimant, a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, filed his complaint in the Court of Claims seeking $400 for the loss of a gold chain. The cause was tried before the Commissioner. The evidence consists of the departmental report and the transcript of trial in two volumes. Neither the Claimant nor the Respondent filed a brief.

The Facts

Claimant seeks $400 for a $221 gold chain he alleges was sent to him in prison on September 9, 1986, by his wife, and for his legal work, paper, xeroxing, and…