People v. McCollum

Defendant Lloyd McCollum appeals to this court from his conviction of attempted escape following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Will County. McCollum was sentenced to a term of 1 year and 1 day in the penitentiary, to run consecutively to the term he was then serving.

On appeal in this court, defendant contends that his right to be protected under the doctrine of “double jeopardy” was violated when he was prosecuted for an “attempt escape” after he had been punished in the prison disciplinary proceedings for the same act. He also contends that the State failed to prove beyond a…