The People v. Stack

October 6, 1938, the defendant, Tate Clayton Stack, was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago county for robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. The indictment consists of three counts. Of these, the first and second charge defendant with armed robbery on September 12, 1938, and the third his previous conviction, in Michigan, in July, 1932, of the crime- of burglary. October 7, 1938, Stack entered a plea of guilty to the first count and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of from one year to life in the penitentiary. The second and third counts were nolle pressed. Stack…