People v. Loy

In October of 1967, the defendant, Gerald L. Loy, entered a plea of guilty, in the circuit court of Johnson County, to a two-count information charging him with escape from the Vienna Branch of the Illinois State Penitentiary, in violation of the Illinois State Penitentiary Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 108, par. 121 et seq.), and with theft of property having a value of more than $150, in violation of section 16 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1). He was sentenced under each charge. On January 26, 1968, he filed a pro se petition under the…