People v. Davis

The defendant, Carlyle Davis, was indicted in the circuit court of Schuyler County for the crimes of burglary and larceny. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled. Defendant pleaded not guilty. On October 20, 1949, a motion for continuance was overruled, and on October 24 the case went to trial. A jury found defendant guilty of burglary and larceny. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than fifteen years. The judgment was affirmed. (People v. Davis, 406 Ill. 215.) Thereafter defendant filed a petition under the Post-Conviction…