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PEOPLE v. HOBBS

No. 54419.

86 Ill.2d 242 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 558

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CECIL LEON HOBBS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Robert J. Biderman and Garry W. Bryan, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Karen Munoz, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Vacated and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Cecil Leon Hobbs, was convicted in a Champaign County circuit court jury trial of theft with a prior theft conviction, a Class 4 felony (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16-1(e)). His appeal to the appellate court resulted in an affirmance of the conviction, but a reversal of the extended-term sentence of 6 years which that court held to constitute an abuse of the...

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