People v. Williams

Plaintiff in error, Walter Williams, was convicted of the crime of robbery, after a jury trial, in the circuit court of St. Clair County. Judgment was entered on the verdict October 9, 1944, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than twenty years. In an advisory opinion the court recommended that he be confined for a term of not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years. This sentence was erroneous under the Sentence and Parole Act as amended in 1943. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 38, par. 802.) On confession of error by the Attorney…