PEOPLE v. YOUNG

No. 58527.

20 Ill. App.3d 891 (1974)

314 N.E.2d 280

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

June 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, Robert E. Davison, and Al Weiderer, of the State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and John Brennan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

In a trial without a jury the defendant George Young was convicted of burglary and was sentenced to a term of 3 to 9 years in the penitentiary. He appeals his conviction on three grounds: he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; his sentence was increased because he exercised his right to a trial, and the punishment imposed on him was excessive.

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