PEOPLE v. HAYES

No. 54360.

87 Ill.2d 95 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 490

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MARLA B. HAYES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Rick Keller, State's Attorney, of Effingham (Martin N. Ashley, Gaye A. Bergschneider, Gillum Ferguson, and Stephen E. Norris, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

John H. Reid and John W. McGuire, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Effingham County defendant, Marla B. Hayes, was convicted of retail theft of less than $150 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16A-3(a)). She was sentenced to 30 months' probation, the first 60 days to be served in confinement. The appellate court reversed...

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