People v. Davis

In July 1996, pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant, Russell G. Davis, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful use of weapons (UUW) (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1(a)(4) (West 1996)). As the parties agreed, the trial corut (1) sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of 3 years in prison on each count and (2) ordered those sentences to run consecutively to a 10-year federal sentence he was already serving.

In October 2002, defendant filed a pro se motion to modify his sentence, asserting that under section 5 — 8—1(e) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code) (730 ILCS 5/5 — 8—1(e) (West 2002)),…