People v. Smith

In May 1992, the State charged defendant, Lynda Smith, an inmate at Dwight Correctional Center, with aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4(b)(6)) and criminal damage to State-supported property in excess of $500 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 21 — 4(a)). Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of both offenses. In September 1992, the trial court sentenced her to an extended-term sentence of 10 years in prison and directed that she serve that sentence consecutively to all other sentences she was then serving. Defendant appeals, raising as her sole…