People v. Treadway

In People v. Treadway, 138 Ill. App. 3d 899, 486 N.E.2d 929, 93 Ill. Dec. 396 (1985), the defendant was convicted of and sentenced for attempted murder, armed violence, and aggravated assault in connection with an incident in which he forced a female bar patron into a back alley, stabbed her repeatedly, and also slashed a man who came to her aid. The appellate court reduced the defendant's two concurrent 60-year sentences to 30 years apiece, based primarily on the defendant's rehabilitative potential. Treadway, 138 Ill. App. 3d at 905. The court noted that the defendant was only 24 years old, had suffered from a drug and alcohol problem since a young age but was taking steps to improve, had only a "minor" criminal history (the court did not further describe the defendant's criminal history), had earned a high school diploma while awaiting trial, and was the father of a young child. Treadway, 138 Ill. App. 3d at 905. The court also briefly considered the nature of the offenses, which it concluded were "perpetrated in a fleeting moment of intoxicated rage upon a stranger." Treadway, 138 Ill. App. 3d at 905.