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PEOPLE v. PERRUQUET

No. 48957.

68 Ill.2d 149 (1977)

368 N.E.2d 882

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOSEPH PERRUQUET, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert H. Howerton, State's Attorney, of Marion (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce D. Irish and James R. Sanders, of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate Assistance Service, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Rosborough, Deputy Defender, and Randy E. Blue, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the scope of the power of a reviewing court to modify a criminal sentence. The defendant, Joseph Perruquet, pleaded guilty to the crime of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 19-1) before the circuit court of Williamson County. Following a sentencing hearing, the circuit court sentenced the defendant to a minimum of 1 year and...

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