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BUTE v. ILLINOIS

No. 398.

333 U.S. 640 (1948)

68 S.Ct. 763

92 L.Ed. 986

BUTE v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Brudney argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was George F. Barrett, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the Circuit Court of La Salle County, Illinois, the petitioner, Roy Bute, pleaded guilty to the crime of "taking indecent liberties with children" as charged in each of two indictments and, on each plea, was sentenced to confinement in the Illinois State Penitentiary for not less than one nor more than 20 years, the sentences to run consecutively. Each common law record...

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