Court Opinion

ID: 9742943
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:23:05.336689+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:22:20.970268
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN, dissenting: In my opinion while continued probation does not accurately reflect the defendant’s rehabilitative potential, neither does a sentence of two to six years imprisonment for the original burglary conviction. It is relevant to note that defendant was also denied credit for the 7M months he spent on probation, making his sentence even more severe. There was a notable absence of aggravating circumstances surrounding defendant’s original crime that leads me to conclude that the trial cotut abused its discretion in resentencing the defendant to a higher than minimum term of imprisonment, even with the additional factor of the defendant’s lower rehabilitative potential as shown by his subsequent act of petty theft.