People v. Yepsen

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of burglary in the Circuit Court of Putnam County, Illinois, which followed a negotiated plea of guilty. Defendant was sentenced to a term of not less than 2 nor more than 6 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The principal issue raised on appeal is the contention that it was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion to sentence the defendant to the term of 2 to 6 years without first conducting a sentencing hearing. The hearing referred to is provided for in section 5 — 4—1 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, §…