PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 54713.

4 Ill. App.3d 214 (1972)

280 N.E.2d 545

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUIS J. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

February 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Fred Shandling and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

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


Judgment affirmed.

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

After a hearing on a rule to show cause why probation should not be terminated, probation was terminated and Louis J. Jones, defendant, was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to five years. The sole issue on his appeal is whether the maximum of the sentence is impermissibly severe.

On April 1, 1969, defendant pleaded guilty to burglary. (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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