People v. Moats

Defendant appeals from a conviction for armed robbery following a jury trial pursuant to which defendant was sentenced to a term of five to ten years in the penitentiary by the Circuit Court of La Salle County. Defendant requests that his sentence be reduced and contends that the sentence was increased above that which he would have received if he had not insisted on a jury trial.

Defendant Earl Moats contends that the State’s Attorney’s office had offered to recommend a sentence of three to six years in return for a guilty plea. The assistant State’s Attorney involved disputes that such was…