Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Willis v. Brantley

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 12, 1972No. 72-120PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crebs

The Appellant, Larry Dean Willis, was convicted of theft in November, 1965, and sentenced to a term of one to ten years in the penitentiary. In September, 1967, he was convicted of escape and sentenced to a term of three to five years, said sentence to be consecutive to the theft conviction then being served. In December, 1970, a judgment denying post-conviction relief on the theft charge was reversed by the Supreme Court, and the cause was remanded to the Circuit Court of Douglas County for further proceedings. On March 22, 1971, Appellant was discharged from the theft confinement by order…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Blitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Thomas Ribble Tucker, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
  3. Brown v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  4. Douglas F. Miller v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. HendersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  2. People v. ReynoldsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  3. Jamison v. CuppCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
  4. State v. Richard H. Harrison, Jr.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2020

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