People v. Dunigan

Decision Date04 February 1974
Docket NumberNo. 57969.,57969.
Citation17 Ill. App.3d 498,308 N.E.2d 338
PartiesTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAUL DUNIGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtUnited States Appellate Court of Illinois

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Shelvin Singer and Robert C. Goldberg, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and Linda West Conley, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Abstract of Decision.

Judgment affirmed.

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4 cases
  • People v. Oestringer
    • United States
    • United States Appellate Court of Illinois
    • November 14, 1974
    ...the only consideration in sentencing.' (304 N.E.2d at 698.) A similar result was reached in the abstracted opinion of People v. Dunigan, 17 Ill.App.3d 498, 308 N.E.2d 338. In our analysis of the defendant's contention that the minimum penalty of four years for the offense of armed robbery c......
  • People v. Anderson
    • United States
    • United States Appellate Court of Illinois
    • June 20, 1974
    ...498, 308 N.E.2d 338 (abstract), as a case where a rape conviction was sustained even though there was no evidence of vaginal injury. The Dunigan case is distinguishable. There, the complaining witness was a married woman with five children. In the case before us, the complainant's testimony......
  • People v. Smith
    • United States
    • United States Appellate Court of Illinois
    • February 4, 1974
  • People v. Emmett
    • United States
    • United States Appellate Court of Illinois
    • November 17, 1975
    ...upheld the statutory authority of the legislature to set a mandatory minimum term for the crimes of murder and rape. People v. Dunigan, 17 Ill.App.3d 498, 308 N.E.2d 338; People v. Cantrell, 14 Ill.App.3d 1068, 304 N.E.2d The defendant also contends that his maximum sentence is excessive be......

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