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- Title: People v. Bolyard
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 17, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Macon County on October 22, 1973, defendant, Frances Eugene Bolyard, was convicted of indecent liberties with a child and sentenced to 6 to 18 years in the penitentiary. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed his conviction. (People v. Bolyard, 23 Ill. App.3d 497.) We granted defendant leave to appeal, and the sole issue presented is whether the trial court's announced sentencing policy was arbitrary and failed to conform to the standards of the Unified Code of Corrections. Due to the limited scope of this review, only those facts necessary for a determination of the issue on appeal will be related. At the completion of defendant's trial and after a finding of guilt, a presentence hearing was conducted. The trial judge informed the parties that he was prepared to hear arguments on the question of whether defendant should be sentenced to a period of probation rather than imprisonment. Following the presentation of these arguments, the trial judge stated: