PEOPLE v. MOTT

No. 4-90-0003.

561 N.E.2d 1380 (1990)

204 Ill. App.3d 573

149 Ill.Dec. 684

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eleolore L. MOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Jennings, Jennings, Novick, Eggan & Ostling, Bloomington, for defendant-appellant.

Charles G. Reynard, State's Atty., Bloomington, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Linda Susan McClain, Staff Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

In passing upon the severity of a sentence imposed by a circuit court in a criminal case, a reviewing court can properly alter that sentence only upon a determination the trial court breached its discretion. (People v. Cox (1980), 82 Ill.2d 268, 45 Ill.Dec. 190, 412 N.E.2d 541; People v. Perruquet (1977), 68 Ill...

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