People v. Marble

These consolidated appeals involve an examination of provisions of our statutes relating to escapes — section 31— 6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and section 3 — 6—4 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

In cause No. 53584 we will set out only those facts necessary to an understanding of the questions presented. They are not in dispute. In July of 1978, the defendant, Frederick Marble, was serving a term with a provision for work release at the Chicago Work Release Center of the Cook County Department of Corrections in the Cook County jail. He was given the work-release sentence after he had…