People v. Gardner

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Lewis Gardner was indicted for the offense of escape, and pleaded guilty to the offense and was sentenced to prison for a term of 3 to 10 years with the sentence to run consecutively with the sentence he was serving at the time of escape (3 to 4 years for burglary). In his appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of WiH County, defendant chaUenges the constitutionality of the statute under which he was convicted.

It is contended on appeal in this Court that defendant was denied equal protection of the law since he was…