Court Opinion

ID: 9711719
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:37:43.295085+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:07.033453
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree that the conviction should be affirmed. Such is based upon my specially concurring opinion in People v. Harvey, 3 Ill.App.3d 774, 278 N.E.2d 417. I am unable to agree that the sentence of the trial court should be affirmed. The sentence is contrary to the theory and policy of indeterminate sentences; is contrary to the theory and policy expressed in the Standards of the American Ear Association relating to sentences; and it substantially divests the parole board of its discretionary authority to determine the optimum release date in accordance with the defendant’s behavior and rehabilitation during his incarceration. See People v. Scott, 117 Ill.App.2d 344, 253 N.E.2d 553.