PEOPLE v. SPEARMAN

No. 81-423.

105 Ill. App.3d 711 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 771

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHESTER L. SPEARMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, convicted of armed robbery and home invasion, was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment. His appeal presents a single issue. Defendant claims error in sentencing in that the trial judge considered as a statutory factor in aggravation that defendant's conduct threatened or caused harm. Defendant urges that since threat of harm or harm itself is implicit in the crimes of home invasion...

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