People v. Hampton

2024 IL App (1st) 230171

FIFTH DIVISION June 28, 2024 No. 1-23-0171 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. No. 22 CR 3 ) LOUIS HAMPTON, ) Honorable ) Peggy Chiampas, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge presiding. JUSTICE MIKVA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justice Lyle concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Navarro dissented, with opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant Louis Hampton was convicted of being an armed habitual criminal (AHC) (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7(a) (West 2020)) and sentenced to six years in…