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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie J. Hunter, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE SIMKINS\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nDefendant-appellant Willie J. Hunter was indicted for the crime of armed robbery; the case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty. Defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 6 to 15 years.\nDefendant contends that his sentence should be vacated and the cause remanded for resentencing \u201c* # * because the trial court had an\ninadequate informational basis to sentence the defendant\u201d or, alternatively, the sentence should be reduced, primarily because of the disparity in the sentence with that imposed upon defendant\u2019s accomplice who received a 5 to 15 year sentence.\nWe affirm. Defendant cites People v. Bradford, 1 Ill.App.3d 38, 272 N.E.2d 259, for the proposition that the trial judge is under an affirmative duty to procure sufficient information upon which to predicate his sentencing responsibility. Bradford, however, dealt with a plea of guilty, and, as we there observed, \u201c\u201d * * the trial judge, at the time of imposing sentence, had before him the plea of guilty and the recitation contained in the indictment together with the recommendation of the Assistant State\u2019s Attorney.\u201d Here, the case was tried before a jury, the defendant testified in his own behalf, and the complete details of the offense and defendant\u2019s participation in the crime were within the knowledge of the trial judge. This record does not entail the \u201cfactual vacuum\u201d involved in Bradford. It discloses that the trial judge was possessed of sufficient information upon which to form an intelligent, rational judgment in imposing sentence.\nAs to the disparity in the sentences imposed, defendant cites People v. Steg, 69 Ill.App.2d 188, 215 N.E.2d 854, and People v. Freeman, 49 Ill.App.2d 464, 200 N.E.2d 146. These cases are readily distinguishable. In Freeman, defendant\u2019s accomplices received sentences of 1 to 3 years while Freeman was sentenced 10 to 20 years. The court stated, \u201cWe believe that the sentence should be reduced since the boys originally sentenced with defendant for the robberies received substantially smaller sentences.\u201d (Emphasis added.) (49 Ill.App.2d 464, 468.) This language was quoted with approval in the Steg case where the sentences involved were 2 to 10 years and 5 to 20 years. The only difference between the defendant\u2019s sentence here, and that imposed on his accomplice is one year on the minimum term. The accomplice did not receive a \u201csubstantially smaller\u201d sentence within the holdings in Freeman and Steg.\nJudgment affirmed.\nCRAVEN, P. J., and SMITH, J., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "John F. McNichols,, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, (J. Daniel Stewart, Assistant Defender, of counsel,) for appellant.",
      "James R. Burgess, Jr., State\u2019s Attorney, of Urbana, (Thomas L. Knight, Assistant State\u2019s Attorney, and John W. Howard, Senior Law Student, of counsel,) for the People."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie J. Hunter, Defendant-Appellant.\n(No. 12015;\nFourth District \u2014\nSeptember 10, 1973.\nJohn F. McNichols,, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, (J. Daniel Stewart, Assistant Defender, of counsel,) for appellant.\nJames R. Burgess, Jr., State\u2019s Attorney, of Urbana, (Thomas L. Knight, Assistant State\u2019s Attorney, and John W. Howard, Senior Law Student, of counsel,) for the People."
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