PEOPLE v. SWET

No. 53762.

132 Ill. App.2d 468 (1971)

270 N.E.2d 646

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD SWET, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

April 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (John E. Hughes, Norman W. Fishman, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Michael Goldstein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant appeals from an order revoking his probation and sentencing him to two to ten years for the crime of attempt (murder). (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, pars. 8-4, 9-1.) His only contention is that the sentence is excessive.

On September 8, 1966, defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to commit...

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