People v. Montgomery

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In September 2004, a jury convicted defendant, Martel Montgomery, of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 2(a) (West 2004)), conspiracy to commit armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/8 — 2(a) (West 2004)), aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.2 (West 2004)), and home invasion (720 ILCS 5/12 — 11(a)(3) (West 2004)). At defendant’s December 2004 sentencing hearing, the trial court determined that defendant’s conviction for conspiracy (count II) merged into his conviction for armed robbery (count I) and then sentenced defendant to 21…