PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 78948.

659 N.E.2d 1306 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 367

213 Ill.Dec. 659

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Zettie JONES, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence J. Essig, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael D. Clary, State's Attorney, Danville (Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and Leslie Hairston, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we conclude, consistent with our ruling in People v. Kilpatrick (1995), 167 Ill.2d 439, 212 Ill.Dec. 660, 657 N.E.2d 1005, that the trial court is not authorized to increase a term of imprisonment when the court reconsiders the criminal...

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