People v. Woods

This is an appeal by the defendant, Ronald M. Woods, from a judgment of conviction entered on a plea of guilty to the offense of armed robbery by the circuit court of Madison County and the imposition of a sentence of not less than 4 years’ nor more than 6 years’ imprisonment.

The sole issue with which this court is confronted on appeal is whether the defendant’s maximum sentence should be reduced from 6 years to 4 years and a day.

We delineated the scope of our review of excessive maximum sentences in People v. Petty, 25 Ill.App.3d 35, 322 N.E.2d 603. Therein we stated,

“Although this court has…