PEOPLE v. LATONA

Nos. 84102, 84125 and 84221.

703 N.E.2d 901 (1998)

184 Ill.2d 260

234 Ill.Dec. 801

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. John LATONA, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Anzio R. Martinez, Appellee. The People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Hon. Amy M. Bertani et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally A. Swiss, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, State's Attorney Lee County, Dixon, for the People in No. 84102.

State Appellate Defender, Kim M. DeWitt, Assistant State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for John Latona and Larry Williams in No. 84102.

Mary Beth Burns, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Chicago, State's Attorney DuPage County, Wheaton, for the People in No. 84125.

Andrea Becker, Oak Park, for Anzio R. Martinez in No. 84125.

Sally A. Swiss, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Department of Corrections in No. 84221.

Amy M. Bertani, Circuit Judge, Joliet, for Amy M. Bertani in No. 84221.

Kim M. DeWitt, Assistant State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Larry Williams in No. 84221.

Mary Rosiek-Cardin, Office of the Public Defender, Joliet, for Respondents in No. 84221.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

The central issue presented for our review in these three consolidated appeals concerns the interrelationship and proper application of sections 5-8-7(b) and 5-8-4(e)(4) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Code) (730 ILCS 5/5-8-7(b), 5-8-4(e)(4) (West 1994)) in a determination of custodial sentence credit for defendants sentenced to consecutive sentences. Subsidiary issues include the propriety of the circuit court...

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