PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

No. 1-98-3642.

743 N.E.2d 1025 (2000)

318 Ill.App.3d 719

252 Ill.Dec. 869

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerry ROBERTS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Bonnie Kim, Assistant Appellate Defender), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle, Eileen M. O'Neill, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Gerry Roberts (Roberts) was convicted of vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3(a)(West 1994)) in a bench trial on April 8, 1995. On May 13, 1997, the court sentenced him to 18 years' imprisonment. On September 5, 1997, Roberts pled guilty to burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-1(a) (West 1996)) and was sentenced to six years imprisonment. On June 15, 1998, Roberts filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief...

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