People v. Singleton

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County, the defendant, Willie Singleton, was convicted of the felony of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4). The trial court sentenced him to a three-year term for the aggravated battery, to be served consecutively to a 10-month term which the defendant was already serving for a prior, unrelated misdemeanor. On appeal to the appellate court, the defendant argued that section 5 — 8—4(d) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1005 — 8—4(d)) prohibits a trial court from imposing a…