Legal Opinion

The People v. Corbett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1944No. 27661. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Smith

delivered the opinion of the court:

This' is a writ of error sued out of this court to review a judgment of the circuit court of Pike county. Plaintiff in error appears pro se. On April 20, 1925, he entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with the crime of robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced on his plea for an indeterminate term of from ten years to life. The writ of error in this case was sued out approximately eighteen years later.

The alleged errors are (1) that the court erred, in accepting the plea of guilty without the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. The People v. CrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  2. The People v. McWilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  3. People v. PenningtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  4. People v. KnoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  5. The People v. GerkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1928

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. The People v. ButeIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  3. The People v. FuhsIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  4. The People v. PondIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  5. The People v. BranerIllinois Supreme Court · 1945

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