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PEOPLE v. TUCKER

No. 77766.

657 N.E.2d 1009 (1995)

167 Ill.2d 431

212 Ill.Dec. 664

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. James TUCKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland Burris and James Ryan, Attorneys General, Springfield, and Clark E. Erickson, State's Attorney, Kankakee (Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Thomas A. Karalis, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether section 5-8-4(c)(2) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4(c)(2) (West 1992)) prohibits a trial court from imposing a consecutive sentence upon a defendant convicted of a Class X felony where that defendant is already subject to two consecutive maximum extended prison terms for Class X felonies arising from a different incident.

Defendant, James...

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