People v. Watland

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Rodney Watland, was indicted in two counts for the offenses of burglary and theft. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft, a lessor included offense, and was sentenced by the Circuit Court of La Salle County to probation for three years with the special condition that the first thereof be spent in the Vandalia State Penal Farm.

Two assignments of error are urged on this appeal. First the defendant argues that the court improperly deprived him of his right to a hearing in mitigation and second that the sentence imposed…