People v. Pelikan

The plaintiff in error, John Pelikan, herein designated defendant, has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment of the criminal court of Cook County sentencing him to not less than one nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. The defendant was charged with armed robbery and submitted his case to the court without a jury. He was found guilty on June 3, 1954. On the same day motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, and his application for probation was denied.

On June 29, 1954, counsel for the defendant filed a motion to vacate the sentence, alleging, among…