People v. Goffman

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Will County, the defendant, Paul Goffman, was convicted of murder. On November 14, 1973, he was sentenced to serve a term of not less than 75 nor more than 150 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The sentence imposed was consecutive to a term of imprisonment the defendant was then serving. The defendant was convicted of stabbing to death a correctional officer at Stateville Penitentiary while he was an inmate there serving a sentence for a prior conviction.

On appeal the defendant claims the court erred in imposing a consecutive sentence…