People v. McDonald

The defendant, Charles McDonald, was tried and found guilty of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1) arid not guilty of attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) after a jury trial in the circuit court of Du Page County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 20 years nor more than 35 years. The sentence was ordered to be consecutive to an earlier sentence imposed for burglary. The appellate court affirmed the conviction (23 Ill. App. 3d 86), but reduced the defendant’s sentence to a term of not less than 6 years 8 months nor more…