PEOPLE v. JORDAN

Nos. 58446, 58464. Nos. 58620, 58626 cons.

103 Ill.2d 192 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 569

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LEAMON JORDAN, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GREGORY WOODS, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ANTHONY SPARKMAN, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ARVEL ROWE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Pamela A. Peters, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Mark L. Rotert and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Michael J. Pelletier, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark T. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, and Lawrence R. Stasica, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defendant, of Chicago (Donna Hickstein-Foley, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark T. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, and Lawrence R. Stasica, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Donna Hickstein-Foley, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark T. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry and Lawrence R. Stasica, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments affirmed in part and reversed in part. Judgment affirmed. Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

These causes have been consolidated for purposes of appeal since each case asks the court to interpret section 5-8-2(a) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 1005-8-2(a)). The facts of the cases are adequately stated in the appellate court opinions and will be discussed here only to the extent...

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