People v. McGee

The defendant, Thomas Walter McGee, was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24—1.2 (West 1994)) and sentenced to six years in prison. On appeal, he claims that the prosecutor made improper comments during closing arguments and that the trial court considered an improper factor in aggravation in determining his sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

Some of the facts surrounding the offense are not in dispute. The defendant, his girlfriend and their 10-month-old child went to the home of Taronn Bell in an attempt to obtain money from Bell to pay for repairing his girlfriend’s car,…