The court properly imposed a sentence for the murder conviction that was consecutive to the sentences for attempted murder and assault. Although defendant's first shot both killed the deceased victim and slightly wounded the surviving victim, defendant then moved closer to the assault victim and purposefully shot him, causing serious physical injury. This clearly constituted a separate and distinct act sufficient for the imposition of consecutive sentences (see, People...
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