People v. Box

In June 1988, a Macon County jury found defendant, Keith Box, guilty of theft of property having a value of less than $300. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 16—1(a)(1).) In September 1988, the trial court sentenced him to 120 days in the county jail but granted a stay of execution until October 1, 1988. However, defendant failed to appear on that date, and in December 1988, the court issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

In August 1989, defendant began serving a four-year sentence in prison for unrelated felony convictions from Johnson County, Illinois. That sentence ran concurrently to…