Legal Opinion

People v. Stiger

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 15, 1979No. 15116PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

This appeal concerns the question of whether a trial court may make a nunc pro tunc amendment to a sentence imposed in a criminal case to deny the defendant credit for time spent on probation when the basis for the amendment is that under the circumstances of record, that court would logically have intended to do so.

The appeal is taken by defendant Shelby Eugene Stiger from a judgment of the circuit court of McLean County entered on August 7, 1978, revoking his probation and sentencing him to 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment for the original offense of forgery. His notice of appeal contains a stamp…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. ChitwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Hartgraves v. Don Cartage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1976
  3. People v. FergusonIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. The People v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Pinkstaff v. Pennsylvania RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. TackettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
  2. People v. AustinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  3. People v. DennyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
  4. People v. GrahamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992

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