People v. Wyckoff

Defendant appeals from a judgment, entered upon his plea of guilty to the offense of Indecent Liberties with a Child, imposing a sentence of not less than 4 years nor more than 7 years in the penitentiary. A motion for probation was denied.

He urges as errors, that he was sentenced under an amendment to the Criminal Code passed subsequent to the act charged, and that the court abused its discretion in refusing to grant his application for probation.

At the time of the acceptance of the plea of guilty, the court ordered a presentence investigation by the probation officer and set a date for…