People v. Fern

723 N.E.2d 207 (1999)

189 Ill.2d 48

243 Ill.Dec. 175

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee,

v.

Jay Harry FERN, Appellant.

No. 86154.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 18, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 2000.

Gary Senner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Elissa L. Isaacs, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, for Jay Harry Fern.

State's Attorneys App. Pros., Elgin, Jay Paul Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, State's Attorney McHenry County, Woodstock, for the People.

The issue in this appeal is whether the propriety of a criminal sentence may be judged by comparing it to the sentences imposed on…