Legal Opinion

People v. Speight

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 30, 1979No. 78-584PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell

On February 7,1974, the defendant, William Speight, pleaded guilty to petty theft and possession of a stolen vehicle. He was sentenced to three months on the petty theft charge to be served concurrently with a two-year term of probation for possession of the stolen vehicle. Probation was conditioned on the defendant’s spending the first six months of the probation period in jail. The court gave the defendant credit toward both sentences for his preconviction incarceration, a period of little over three months in total.

On February 2, 1976, five days before the defendant’s probation period…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. People v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
  3. People v. PierIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  4. People v. BeardIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
  5. People v. PriceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. DingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. SpeedAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  3. People v. CarterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
  4. People v. RandolphAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  5. People v. KleissAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980

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