Court Opinion

ID: 9742465
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:14:22.725955+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:32.842005
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN, specially concurring: I concur in the result reached in this case; however, I disagree with the rationale of People v. Van Gilder, cited by the majority, because it relies on cases antedating the Illinois Constitution of 1970. In People v. Simmons, 60 Ill.2d 173, 326 N.E.2d 383 (1975), our supreme court said: “Because the Circuit court may reinstate the judgment of conviction, it is necessary to consider defendant’s contention that the sentences imposed were excessive. Most of the cases cited by the People in support of its argument that the sentences were not excessive antedate the Constitution of 1970, which provides: ‘All penalties shall be determined both according to the seriousness of the offense and with the objective of restoring the offender to useful citizenship.’ Ill. Const. (1970), art. I, sec. 11.” 60 Ill.2d 173, 182.