PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 83-1323.

149 Ill. App.3d 214 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 474

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MATTHEW JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed October 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Donald S. Honchell, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Frank G. Zelezinski, and William F. Dorner, Assistant State's Attorneys of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial defendant, Matthew James, was found guilty of murder, rape, and robbery. He was sentenced to imprisonment terms of 50 years for murder and 10 years for robbery, the sentences to run concurrently.1 The record reveals that on the day after the sentences were imposed, the court entered the following order: "By order of court sentences...

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