Legal Opinion

People v. Pennington

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1915PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Wayne county; the Hon. J. R. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

Plaintiff in error was indjcted at the October term, 1912, of the circuit court of Wayne county for the crime of rape. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of two years. He has sued' out a writ -of error from this court to obtain a review of the judgment based upon his plea of guilty.

No bill of. exceptions was preserved, and the only errors that are open for consideration" relate to certain alleged defects which appear in the record. Plaintiff in error contends that the record is insufficient and defective in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. O'Donnell v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  2. People v. EllsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Kelly v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Bonardo v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. The People v. PopescueIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  2. The People v. CrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  3. The People v. ThroopIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
  4. The People v. McWilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  5. The People v. CorrieIllinois Supreme Court · 1944

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