People v. Carter

Defendant Kenneth Carter, charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery, was convicted by a jury of aggravated battery and robbery and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 and 20 years, respectively. In this appeal, defendant contends that (1) the verdict for aggravated battery, premised upon use of a deadly weapon, was inconsistent with the jury’s implicit rejection of the use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of the robbery, as evidenced by the verdict on the armed robbery charge; (2) the statute that permits the sentencing court to impose a more severe sentence upon a defendant…