PEOPLE v. KNIGHT

No. 50766.

75 Ill.2d 291 (1979)

388 N.E.2d 414

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JEFFERY F. KNIGHT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Lee T. Hettinger, Joan S. Cherry, and Bryan B. Lavine, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Donald S. Honchell, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Affirmed as modified.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In November 1975, the circuit court of Cook County sentenced the defendant, Jeffery F. Knight, to 5 years' probation following his plea of guilty to burglary and theft. In December 1976, the court, exercising its continuing jurisdiction over defendant, held a probation revocation hearing, found that defendant had violated his probation by committing a burglary in January of that...

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