Legal Opinion
People v. Burnett
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1970No. 40664PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burt
This case comes to us on a pro se appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, Fifth District, denying the petition of defendant for counsel and for leave to appeal to that court.
The defendant was incarcerated in the county jail of St. Clair County charged with the offense of having taken indecent liberties with a child. He escaped from jail with other prisoners on August 19, 1965, and was apprehended several hours later. He was charged with the offense of escape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 31 — 6(a)), and on November 5, 1965, withdrew his not guilty plea and entered a plea of…
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- Earl Wynn v. Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Richard E. Byrd v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- People v. BurnettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973