People v. Lewis

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Michael Lewis appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Will County revoking his probation and thereafter sentencing him to a term of two to five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary (on a charge of burglary to which he had previously pleaded guilty).

The record discloses that Michael Lewis was placed on four years probation for burglary in Will County. After his flight to avoid arrest to the state of California, warrants for his arrest were sent to that state, but on September 17, 1971, he was arrested in Will…