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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 55522.

3 Ill. App.3d 144 (1971)

278 N.E.2d 267

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Ronald P. Katz and James J. Doherty, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Larry S. Boress, of counsel,) for the People.

Modified and affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:

After a revocation of the five year probation defendant received on a burglary conviction, he was sentenced to serve not less than twelve, nor more than twenty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by ordering so severe a sentence.

The defendant was apprehended on September 26, 1966, fleeing...

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