PEOPLE v. COMPTON

No. 4-89-0408.

193 Ill. App.3d 896 (1990)

550 N.E.2d 640

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed February 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and M. Jeffrey Bergschneider, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Nancy Owen, State's Attorney, of Charleston (Kenneth R. Boyle and Robert J. Biderman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Compton (defendant) and Kim Parse were charged by information with forgery and both pleaded guilty. Parse is not involved in this appeal. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years' imprisonment and later denied his motion to reconsider the sentence and for leave to withdraw his guilty plea. Defendant appeals.

On November 29, 1988...

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