People v. Stallings

Defendants Homer Jim Stallings and Travis Glenn Long appeal from their convictions of theft in the Circuit Court of Monroe County for which they each received a sentence of one to three years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

Defendants were arrested in Moscow, Texas, on July 9, 1969 by the Texas Highway Patrol while in possession of a vehicle reported stolen in Waterloo, Illinois. On July 11,1969 defendants were served with a warrant for their arrest issued by Monroe County, Illinois, and at the request of Monroe County authorities, signed a waiver of extradition. Defendants were released…