Appellate Court of Illinois August 25, 1980, No. 79-493 (People v. Wilhoyt)

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melissa Wilhoyt, appeals from a conviction, for retail theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16A — 3(a)), in a jury trial. Because of a long record of recidivism, she was, at the State’s recommendation, sentenced to two years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections and one-year mandatory supervised release.