People v. Palmeri

In November of 1974, Leo Palmeri was charged in five separate criminal complaints with the offense of failing to furnish title to a motor vehicle in violation of section 3 — 113 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 951/2, par. 3 — 113). All five cases were tried on the same day before the same judge without a jury and he entered judgments of guilty on each charge. The court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of *500 on each charge, and imposed jail sentences of varying lengths amounting to a total of seven months incarceration. The defendant appeals contending (1) the…