People v. Wethington

This is an appeal by Joseph Wethington from a judgment sentencing him to ninety days at the State Penal Farm at Vandalia.

On November 8, 1965, the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, under Ill Rev Stats 1959, chapter 23, section 2011. After a favorable presentence report, the State’s Attorney recommended a three-year period of probation. The court, after deciding that section 2011 authorized probation for no more than one year, entered an order granting probation for one year; but, as a condition of probation, sentenced him to ninety days at the…