Justice LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial, defendant, Robert Brown, was convicted of armed violence and possession of a controlled substance. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 33A-2; ch. 56½, par. 1402(b).) Defendant argues on appeal that he was subject to double jeopardy when the trial judge initially granted a directed verdict in his favor on the armed violence count but then changed his ruling later in the same hearing. For the...
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