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PEOPLE v. THORNTON

No. 85-0056.

145 Ill. App.3d 669 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 6

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT THORNTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied July 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Barbara Kamm, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Christopher J. Cummings, and Anna H. Demacopoulos, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, the defendant was acquitted of attempted murder but was found guilty of aggravated battery and armed violence; he was sentenced to a six-year prison term on the latter offense. On appeal, he contends first that his armed violence conviction is inconsistent with the purpose of the armed violence statute; second, that the trial judge erred in finding him guilty...

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