People v. Connors
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Plaintiff in error was sentenced by the criminal court to be imprisoned in the penitentiary "for a term of years not to exceed the maximum term fixed by law,” on his plea of guilty to the crime of robbery. It is contended that the court erred in imposing an indeterminate sentence.
Our decision in People v. Doras, 290 Ill. 188, is controlling here. The sentence is a certain and definite sentence for the maximum term provided by law. (People v. Joyce, 246 Ill. 124; People v. Peters, 246 id. 351; People v. Nowasky, 254 id. 146.) The convict has no right to demand that he be discharged before the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. JoyceIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- People v. DorasIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
3Cited by27 opinions
- Story v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- The People v. MontanaIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
- The People Ex Rel. Castle v. SpiveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- The People v. BurnettIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- The People v. RohdeIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
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