The People v. Judd

Mr. ChiEE Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs in error, Bernard Judd and Richard Armstrong, in the circuit court of Peoria county, pleaded guilty to the crime of robbery with a dangerous weapon. They were sentenced by the court under the statute from one to twenty years in the penitentiary, with the recommendation that they serve not less than five years nor more than twenty years. Afterwards, at the May term, 1946, of the Supreme Court they sued out a writ of error, and this judgment was reversed because the law under which they were sentenced was invalid. (People v.…