People v. Beam

Defendant was charged, in seven separate complaints, with seven violations of subsection (d), the “bad check” provision, of the deceptive practices statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 17—1(d)). After he pleaded guilty to the seventh charge, defendant moved to dismiss the remaining six complaints. The circuit court of Montgomery County granted defendant’s motion and the State appealed each dismissal. The appellate court consolidated the appeals for review and reversed (55 Ill. App. 3d 943). We granted defendant leave to appeal.

The complaints against defendant, when viewed together,…