People v. Semma

The defendant Walter Semma was found guilty of attempt burglary by a jury and was sentenced to a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 14 years in prison. He contends that the State did not prove the intent necessary to commit attempt burglary, that the trial judge improperly ruled that evidence of prior convictions could be used to impeach his testimony, and that the sentence was excessive under section 8 — 4(c) of the Criminal Code, as amended January 1, 1973 (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1972 Supp., ch. 38, par. 8 — 4(c)).

The State admits that the defendant’s sentence should be reduced to 1 to 10 years…