PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 4-86-0213.

148 Ill. App.3d 655 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1038

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES T. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary Peterson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Rebecca L. White, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a trial by jury in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant was convicted on January 29, 1986, of burglary and subsequently sentenced to seven years' imprisonment on February 28, 1986. He appeals, contending that the trial court based its sentence upon improper argument of the prosecutor during the sentencing. We affirm.

The presentence report showed that at the time...

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