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  "id": 2529991,
  "name": "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Thomas, Defendant-Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Thomas",
  "decision_date": "1972-06-06",
  "docket_number": "No. 71-172",
  "first_page": "907",
  "last_page": "908",
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      "cite": "5 Ill. App. 3d 907"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Thomas, Defendant-Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN\ndehvered the opinion of the court:\nThe defendant appeals from a sentence of not less than two nor more than five years in the IHinois State Penitentiary System after a negotiated plea, arguing that the admonitions given him by the trial court of St. Clair County before it accepted his plea of guilty were inadequate because the defendant was not advised of the nature of the charges, and that the court could not properly impose sentence without giving defendant the benefit of a hearing in mitigation and aggravation although the record discloses that the defendant waived this right.\nThe record discloses that the appellant was fully apprised of the nature of the charge and that the minimum sentence imposed was the absolute minimum permitted by statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, par. 18 \u2014 2. Amended by P.A. 77 \u2014 1233, Section 1, effective August 24, 1971 \u2014 raising the minimum to five years.) Under these circumstances, the appellant cannot complain of the failure of the trial court to hold a hearing in aggravation and mitigation.\nWe find that the sentence imposed was appropriate and not excessive, that no error of law appears, and that an opinion in this case would have no precedential value.\nWe therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court.\nJudgment affirmed.\nEBERSPACHER and CREBS, JJ., concur.",
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        "author": "Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Kenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Robert E. Farrell, 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. Henry Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.\n(No. 71-172;\nFifth District\nJune 6, 1972.\nKenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Robert E. Farrell, of counsel,) for appellant.\nRobert H. Rice, State\u2019s Attorney, of Belleville, for the People."
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