People v. Helm

Following a jury trial conducted in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant Jeffrey D. Helm was found guilty of vehicular invasion and armed robbery. 720 ILCS 5/12 — 11.1(a), 18 — 2(a) (West 1992). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 20 years for armed robbery and 10 years for vehicular invasion.

The only issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed an abuse of discretion by considering the gender of the victim in assessing the appropriate sentence. We affirm.

This issue is waived because no objection to the trial judge’s comments was made at the time of…