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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