PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 5-92-0486.

651 N.E.2d 1143 (1994)

273 Ill. App.3d 252

209 Ill.Dec. 695

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy J. EVANS, a/k/a Billee J. Evans, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Granted April 21, 1994.

Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing June 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Rod Wolf, State's Atty., Harrisburg, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Directory, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This court has issued numerous Supreme Court Rule 23 (134 Ill.2d R. 23) orders remanding cases to sentencing judges for noncompliance with section 5-3-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 1005-3-1 (now 730 ILCS 5/5-3-1 (West 1992).) We are now issuing an opinion, so that sentencing judges are made aware of an increasing problem of noncompliance with section 5-3...

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