People v. Horrell

The defendant, Phillip L. Horrell, pled guilty to six counts of forgery (720 ILCS 5/17 — 3(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2004)) concerning three checks. The trial court sentenced the defendant to five concurrent five-year terms of imprisonment on counts I to Y and one year of probation on count VI. On appeal, the defendant argues that three of the six counts for which he was convicted must be vacated under one-act, one-crime principles. We affirm and modify the sentence with regard to count VI.

BACKGROUND

In counts I, III, and Y the State charged the defendant with making three forged checks (720 ILCS…