PEOPLE v. TACKETT

No. 4-87-0627.

169 Ill. App.3d 397 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 647

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONALD TACKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Allen H. Andrews, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Donald D. Bernardi, State's Attorney, of Pontiac (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and J.A.C. Knuppel, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Donald Tackett, an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center, was indicted for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 24-1.1). Following jury trial, the defendant was convicted of the charge and was subsequently sentenced to a six-year term of imprisonment to be served consecutive to his prior sentence. From this conviction and sentence...

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