Where a defendant asserts that the trial court improperly increased his sentence to punish him for exercising his right to trial, he must demonstrate in the record that the improper motive for increasing his sentence is “clearly evident.”The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of Cook County Circuit Judge Charles P. Burns.Terry Johnson, along with three others in hooded sweatshirts, robbed a Game Stop store, stealing several video game systems and fleeing in a getaway car. During the robbery, one …