People v. Nelson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the crime of escape and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year nor more than 1 year and a day, the sentence to run consecutively to his prior sentence.

Defendant appeals with the sole contention that the statute under which he was sentenced is unconstitutional as a deprivation of equal protection of the law in violation of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States and article I, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of…