People v. Rice

At a bench trial in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant was found guilty of misdemeanor retail theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16A — 3). Following a sentencing hearing at which the State proved that defendant had previously been convicted of retail theft, the court convicted defendant of felony retail theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16A — 10(2)) and sentenced defendant to a 12-month term of probation on the condition that he serve a 20-day period of incarceration. Although the prior conviction had been alleged in the information and admitted during trial, its…