PEOPLE v. LOFTON

No. 5-91-0395.

620 N.E.2d 1 (1993)

249 Ill. App.3d 832

189 Ill.Dec. 342

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael LOFTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Joseph N. Ehmann, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Third Judicial District, Ottawa, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., St. Clair County, Belleville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Michael Lofton, was convicted of aggravated battery and armed violence in a jury trial in October 1983. The trial court entered judgment on the aggravated battery conviction and sentenced defendant to a term of 10 years' imprisonment. The trial court concluded that it could not enter a judgment for the armed violence conviction because it would have constituted improper double enhancement. Defendant...

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