PEOPLE v. VARELA

No. 3-89-0269.

194 Ill. App.3d 364 (1990)

551 N.E.2d 323

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOEL VARELA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed February 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Tony L. Brasel, Special Prosecutor, of Watseka (Judith Z. Kelly, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Joel Varela, was convicted of two counts of aggravated battery and one count of armed violence. The jury acquitted the defendant of an attempted murder charge. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court vacated one of the defendant's aggravated battery convictions, finding it formed the predicate felony for the armed...

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