People v. Barnes

Defendant, Anthony Barnes, appeals from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County sentencing him to 40 years in the Department of Corrections. In this cause, defendant raises a single issue, pamely, whether defendant was properly sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 40 years where the trial court originally imposed a sentence of 25 years’ imprisonment, but after a short recess, vacated the 25-year sentence and instead imposed a 40-year sentence after realizing defendant’s true identity. We affirm.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Defendant, Anthony Barnes, pleaded guilty to…