People v. Timmons

Following a jury trial, defendant, Bobby Ray Timmons, was convicted of two counts of theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 16—1(a)) and received concurrent sentences of five years’ imprisonment on each count. Defendant raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether one of defendant’s convictions for theft should be reversed because the thefts occurred simultaneously; (2) whether defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel at trial; (3) whether he should have been sentenced as a Class 4 felon rather than a Class 3 felon; and (4) whether his sentence is excessive. We affirm…