PEOPLE v. TARALA

No. 85-1487.

153 Ill. App.3d 199 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 1284

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREGORY TARALA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied April 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredrick P. Aprati, Jr., Ltd., of Chicago Heights, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Sharon L. Gaull, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Gregory Tarala, was convicted of concealment of a homicidal death (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-3.1) and sentenced to a term of five years. He appeals, contending that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the maximum sentence because he is a person of good character with no prior record.

The evidence at trial showed that...

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