People v. Cattaneo

The defendant appeals from the order of the La Salle County circuit court sentencing her to three years in the Department of Corrections on each of 30 counts of forgery, with the sentences to run concurrently. The court further ordered that $998 seized from the defendant as State’s evidence be turned over to the victim.

The defendant submits that the trial court abused its discretion in (1) refusing to sentence the defendant to probation and a drug rehabilitation program under the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111½, par. 6301 et seq.); (2) failing to…