People v. Davis

Defendant, James Davis, was convicted of escape from the Illinois State Penitentiary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 108, par. 121) following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County and was sentenced to not less than four nor more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary with the sentence to run consecutively with the sentence defendant was presently serving.

According to the defendant who testified in his own behalf at the trial, he intentionally and without authorization left Stateville Penitentiary on April 19, 1971 while serving a prison sentence. He stated he was compelled to…