The People v. Corrie

June 17, 1939, the defendant, Herrold M. Corrie, was indicted in the circuit court of LaSalle county for the crime of rape charged to have been perpetrated on July 31, 1937. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from one year to life. Corrie prosecutes this writ of error.

No bill of exceptions has been filed, and the assignments of error must be considered solely upon the common-law record. Defendant contends, first, that he was erroneously sentenced to an indeterminate period instead of a definite term of imprisonment. So…