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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 56389.

5 Ill. App.3d 718 (1972)

284 N.E.2d 48

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

May 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert A. Novelle and Themis N. Karnezis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William Johnson, was indicted on a charge of indecent liberties with a child. After a trial by jury, he was convicted and sentenced to serve not less than ten nor more than twenty years in the penitentiary.

On appeal, he contends (1) remarks and argument of the prosecutor deprived him of a fair trial and (2) the sentence imposed was excessive. No questions...

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