Bute v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1948-06-07

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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 *644 less than one no…

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