People v. Studebaker

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Frank Edward Studebaker appeals from a sentence to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 200 to 300 years for two murders, and for 25 to 50 years for armed robbery. The sentences were the result of the negotiated pleas of guilty.

The record discloses that defendant on March 28, 1971, shot Marilyn Schroeder with a .22 caliber pistol and then cut her jugular vein and carotid artery and mutilated her by cutting off her ear. He also shot Robert Schroeder, her husband, three times, and in such case also used a knife, cutting the…