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PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 79511.

667 N.E.2d 1305 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 452

217 Ill.Dec. 729

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Frank ROBINSON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Peter Fischer and Diane Meyer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Patricia Unsinn, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee Frank Robinson.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented in this appeal is whether a defendant who, while out on bond awaiting trial on one charge, commits another offense and serves a sentence for it, is "simultaneously in custody on two charges" and therefore is entitled, under section 5-8-7(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-8-7(b) (West 1992)), to in-custody credit for time served in prison for the sentences he received on both...

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