People v. Brown

PRESIDING JUSTICE UNVERZAGT

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ezekiel Brown, was tried in a bench trial in the circuit court of Lake County for the offenses of attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery and seven counts of armed violence. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 8—4, 9—1(a)(1), 18—2(a), 33A—2.) The State agreed to dismiss three of the armed violence charges during trial, and the defendant was convicted of the remaining charges. The court later vacated three of the four armed-violence convictions and did not impose a sentence on the fourth…