People v. Bone

The defendant, Steven G. Bone, appeals from his convictions of intentional murder, felony murder and armed robbery following a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9—1(a)(2), 9—1(a)(3), 18—2.) He was sentenced to a 40-year term of imprisonment for murder and a concurrent 20-year term for armed robbery.

On appeal, the defendant contends that one of his two murder convictions must be vacated and his cause remanded for resentencing, because both offenses were carved from the same physical act. The defendant also asserts that a resentencing hearing…