People v. Arbuckle

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Donald Arbuckle, was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County for the offenses of escape and aiding escape. He was sentenced to a term of not less than four years and 360 days nor more than five years in the penitentiary; also, to a term of 270 days at the Illinois State Farm, both sentences to run consecutively. He sued out a writ of error to the Supreme Court to review the convictions claiming:

1) that he was denied his constitutional rights to demand the nature and cause of accusation against…