People v. Villa

On June 18, 2008, a jury found defendant, Victor Villa, guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.2(a)(1) (West 2006)) and aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.2(a)(2) (West 2006)). On July 28, 2008, the trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of 14 years’ imprisonment on the aggravated battery conviction and 5 years’ imprisonment on the aggravated discharge conviction. In addition, the court ordered defendant to pay $20,083 in restitution. On September 30, 2008, the court denied defendant’s motion to reconsider his sentence and, that same day,…