People v. Centanni

The defendants, Raymond and Paul Centanni, appeal from the order of the circuit court which sentenced them, after a negotiated guilty plea, to 30 years’ incarceration for having committed the offense of home invasion in violation of section 12 — 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12 — 11). In this consolidated appeal the defendants contend that the court erred when it sentenced them to 30 years, the maximum incarceration for the offense charged. Specifically, they argue that the court: (1) failed to use proper standards when it sentenced them in that it noted…