PEOPLE v. LEVIN

Nos. 71542, 71820, 72736, 72929 and 73108.

623 N.E.2d 317 (1993)

157 Ill.2d 138

191 Ill.Dec. 72

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jeffrey LEVIN, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Johnnie TYSON, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert KNOOP, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Guy JOHNS, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Dennis CARTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, Michael J. Waller, State's Atty., Waukegan, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Kenneth R. Boyle and Robert J. Biderman, Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos, William D. Carroll, Annette N. Collins and Susan R. Schierl, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People in No. 71542.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Arden J. Lang and Gloria A. Morris, Asst. Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Jeffrey Levin and Guy Johns.

Randolph N. Stone and Rita A. Fry, Public Defenders, Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, Karen E. Tietz and Michaela J. Kalisiak, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for Johnnie Tyson.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos, William D. Carroll, Annette N. Collins and Susan R. Schierl, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People in Nos. 71820, 72736 and 73108.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Karen E. Tietz, Evelyn G. Baniewicz and Michaela J. Kalisiak, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for Robert Knoop and Dennis Carter.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, Donald D. Bernardi, State's Atty., Pontiac, and Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos, William D. Carroll, Annette N. Collins and Susan R. Schierl, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People in No. 72929.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated appeals we are asked to decide whether, at resentencing, double jeopardy bars the State's second attempt to establish a defendant's eligibility for enhanced sentencing under either the Class X sentencing provision or the Habitual Criminal Act, where the appellate court has vacated the defendant's sentence for the State's failure to prove such eligibility in the first sentencing proceeding.<...

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