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      "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Homer Robinson, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe defendant, Homer Robinson, was charged with deviate sexual assault, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child, and indecent liberties with a child. In a bench tidal in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the defendant was convicted of indecent liberties with a child and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 7 to 15 years.\nThe sole issue on appeal is whether the sentence was excessive.\nThe defendant was discovered by police parked in an alley with his penis in the mouth of the 6-year-old daughter of the family with which he lived. She told police and testified at trial to that fact.\nThe defendant, who had one leg, denied the crime and stated he had just urinated out of the car door. The defendant had a long arrest record but had not previously been found guilty of any sex crimes. Prior to trial there was a Behavior Clinic examination and the defendant was found competent to stand trial.\nIndecent liberties is a Class 1 felony for which the minimum sentence is \u201c4 years unless the court, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and character of the defendant, sets a higher minimum term.\u201d\nThis court\u2019s power to reduce a sentence should only be utilized where there has been \u201c * * a great departure from the fundamental law and its spirit and purpose, or that the' penalty is manifestly in excess of the proscription of section 11 of article II of the Illinois Constitution, which requires that all penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense. * \" People v. Taylor (1965), 33 Ill.2d 417; People v. Smith (1958), 14 Ill.2d 95.\nAfter reviewing the record we conclude the sentence was appropriate and does not violate the proscriptions of People v. Taylor.\nFor these reasons the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County is affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nADESKO, P. J., and JOHNSON, J., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Suzanne M. Xinos, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.",
      "Bernard Carey, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and John M. Cutrone, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
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    "head_matter": "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Homer Robinson, Defendant-Appellant.\n(No. 58746;\nFirst District (4th Division)\nMarch 13, 1974.\nJames J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Suzanne M. Xinos, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.\nBernard Carey, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and John M. Cutrone, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
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