The People v. Flannigan

Plaintiff in error, David Flannigan, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County, in case No. 76190, for the crime of robbery while armed, and impleaded in case No. 76226 for the crime of robbery while armed. The causes are unrelated to each other but are here consolidated, as the principal question for determination is whether or not the sentences imposed were cumulative or consecutive.

The record discloses that plaintiff in error was convicted before a jury in both cases and, after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, was sentenced to the penitentiary in…