People v. Parker

After a jury trial in Adams County circuit court, defendant, Nathaniel Parker, Jr., was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm in violation of section 12 — 4.2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.2 (West 1994)). He was sentenced to a term of 25 years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC). Following denial of his motion for reduction of sentence, defendant has appealed (1) alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to tender a jury instruction for included offenses and (2) contending the length of his sentence was excessive. We affirm.

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