Legal Opinion

People v. Wyatt

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 10, 1980No. 79-1652PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial defendant was convicted of murder and armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1 and 18 — 2.) He was sentenced to indeterminate concurrent terms of 30 to 60 years for murder and 10 to 20 years for armed robbery. On appeal defendant contends that his indeterminate sentences were in gross disparity to the determinate terms of 20 years for murder and 10 years for armed robbery that were imposed on his co-defendant, Walter Taylor, who later pleaded guilty, and such disparity is not justified in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. People v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  3. People v. MeeksIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  4. People v. LykinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Johnson v. FranzenIllinois Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. SpeedAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  2. Heirens v. Prisoner Review BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987

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