People v. Sherman

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Kankakee County by Tommy Lee Sherman, the defendant, who after trial by jury was found guilty of the offense of burglary and sentenced to a term of not less than 3 nor more than 15 years in the penitentiary.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by imposing a greater sentence on the defendant than that imposed upon a co-defendant who was an accomplice with the defendant in the crime of burglary for which they were both convicted.

In determining this issue no useful purpose would be served in setting…