People v. Carter

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Clemmie Carter, was found guilty of four counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.1 (West 1996)) and one count of possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owner’s identification (FOID) card (430 ILCS 65/2(a)(l) (West 1996)). The trial court sentenced the defendant to five years’ imprisonment for each offense, the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal, the defendant argues that four of his convictions should be vacated due to the one-act, one-crime doctrine. The defendant additionally argues that the trial court…