The People v. Derosa

Plaintiff in error was committed to the State penitentiary on his plea of guilty in the criminal court of Cook county on a charge of larceny. This plea was entered on the 15th day of October, 1934. The property charged to have been stolen was an automobile of the value of $600. The court on that date imposed an indeterminate sentence of from one to ten years. On the 24th of October, 1934, the court on its own motion corrected the sentence by setting the sentence of October 15 aside and imposing a sentence of from one to twenty years, as required by statute. This writ of error was sued out to…