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PEOPLE v. MASTERS

No. 4-88-0538.

183 Ill. App.3d 957 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 893

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUKE ALBERT MASTERS, a/k/a Albert Luke Masters, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Denise M. Ambrose, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 24, 1988, defendant Luke Albert Masters, after being convicted in absentia, was sentenced in absentia to 18 months' imprisonment for committing the offense of retail theft with a prior conviction for retail theft, in violation of section 16A-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 16A-3). The question presented for review is whether a prior...

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