People v. Younger

In an indictment returned in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Anthony Younger, was charged with the offenses of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 18—1(a)) and theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 16—1(a)). The theft charge was nol-prossed. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to three years’ incarceration. In a Rule 23 order (87 Ill. 2d R. 23; 132 Ill. App. 3d 1162), the appellate court affirmed the conviction, but finding that “a more suitable sentence would be a number of years’ probation coupled with an appropriate period of…