People v. Pulgar

FOURTH DIVISION

FILED: 06/21/01

No. 1-99-1779

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) APPEAL FROM THE) CIRCUIT COURT OF

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) COOK COUNTY)

v. ))

HERBERTO PULGAR, ) HONORABLE) ROBERT BERTUCCI,

Defendant-Appellant. ) JUDGE PRESIDING.

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Herberto Pulgar, was convicted of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4 (West 1996)) and the commission of a hate crime (720 ILCS 5/12-7.1 (West 1996)). He was sentenced to an extended term of nine years' imprisonment for aggravated battery and three years' imprisonment for the hate crime, with the sentences to run…