PEOPLE v. LEWTON

No. 11570.

2 Ill. App.3d 882 (1972)

277 N.E.2d 781

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT LEE LEWTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

January 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Moran, of Defender Project, of Chicago, (Steven Clark, of Champaign, of counsel,) for appellant.

Lawrence E. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (Robert P. Steigmann, Assistant State's Attorney, L. Keith Hays, Jr., Law Student, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant appeals from a sentence of one to eight years in the penitentiary on a charge of forgery and on a plea of guilty previously negotiated and finalized in open court. The defendant's stance in this court is a request that we reduce his sentence because it is excessive. No other error is alleged. Defendant's brief can only be characterized as a personally-expressed opinion either...

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