PEOPLE v. HORTON

No. 3-99-0182.

733 N.E.2d 701 (2000)

314 Ill. App.3d 1039

248 Ill.Dec. 26

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald G. HORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

June 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna K. Kelly, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Ronald G. Horton.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, Julie Madison Angus, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a stipulated bench trial, defendant Ronald G. Horton was convicted of four counts of reckless homicide (720 ILCS 5/9-3 (West 1998)) and sentenced to an aggregate term of 12 years' imprisonment. He appeals, claiming that (1) two of his convictions must be vacated under principles of "one-act, one-crime"; and (2) the court erred in imposing consecutive sentences. Defendant requests that this court vacate two...

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