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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gail Esparza, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nDefendant appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County sentencing her to a minimum of three years and a maximum of five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary after accepting her plea of guilty to the crime of robbery.\nShe contends that the minimum sentence is excessive.\nThe new Code of Corrections which became effective January 1, 1973 provides that if the prosecution of an offense has not reached the sentencing stage or \u201ca final adjudication\u201d, then for purposes of sentencing the sentences under the Code of Corrections apply if they are less than under the prior law upon which the prosecution was commenced. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1972 Supp., ch. 38, par. 1008 \u2014 2\u20144.) The Appellate Court for the Fourth District has recently held that cases pending on appeal after the passage of the new Code have not reached \u201ca final adjudication\u201d, and that the sentencing provisions of the new Code of Corrections are applicable in such cases. People v. Lobb, 9 Ill.App.3d 650; People v. Mize, 9 Ill.App.3d 647.\nRobbery is now classified as a Class 2 felony (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1972 Supp., ch. 38, par. 18 \u2014 1), and under par. 1005 \u2014 8\u2014l(c)3 the minimum term of imprisonment is one year, unless the court considers the nature and circumstances of the crime, the history and character of the defendant, and sets a higher minimum term limited nevertheless to one-third of the maximum set by the court. In the instant case, therefore, the minimum sentence should be one-third of the maximum.\nTherefore, in accordance with the new Code of Corrections, the sentence in this case is modified and as modified the minimum shall be not less than one year and eight months and the maximum not more than five years. With the sentence thus modified, the conviction is affirmed and fliis cause is remanded to the Circuit Court of St. Clair County with directions to issue an amended mittimus reflecting the foregoing modification.\nConviction affirmed, sentence modified, and cause remanded with directions.\nEBERSPACHER, P. J., and CREBS, J., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Edith James, of counsel,) for appellant.",
      "Robert H. Rice, State\u2019s Attorney, of Belleville, for the People."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gail Esparza, Defendant-Appellant.\n(No. 72-177;\nFifth District\nApril 2, 1973.\nKenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Edith James, of counsel,) for appellant.\nRobert H. Rice, State\u2019s Attorney, of Belleville, for the People."
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