The PEOPLE v. Hale

Wade Hale was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury for the crime of escape from the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia. Following a jury verdict finding him guilty, defendant was sentenced to a term of two to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

While defendant questions' several evidentiary rulings relating to a confession and a transcript of the prior conviction, our jurisdiction on direct appeal, if existing, must be found in defendant’s contention that he should have been sentenced pursuant to the provisions of section 31 — 6(b) of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38,…