People v. Milton

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Cleotis Milton was convicted of residential burglary, theft and possession of burglary tools and sentenced as a Class X offender to concurrent prison terms of 20 years, 5 years and 5 years, respectively. He contends that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend the indictment, thereby violating his right to a speedy trial, and (2) the trial court erred in convicting him of both residential burglary and theft. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

On August 28, 1997, defendant was…