People v. Hudson

On a plea of guilty to robbery in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, William Hudson was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than 4 years nor more than 10 years. On this appeal he contends that the trial court erred in not granting him probation, or, in the alternative, that the sentence was excessive and should be reduced.

Defendant, a 17 year old high school student, admitted that he and two other boys, pretending to have a gun, threatened another student and took his watch. At his probation hearing it was determined that defendant’s mother died when he was 10 years of age, and…