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PEOPLE v. PETER

No. 63011.

43 Ill. App.3d 1068 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 31

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE H. PETER, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed November 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Hoover and William D. Heinz, both of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Iris E. Sholder, and Joan S. Cherry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal the defendant, George Peter, Jr., contends that the sentence imposed upon him by the trial court is excessive, that it violates the limitation of penalties provision of article I, section 11 of the Constitution of Illinois and the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

A jury found Peter...

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