People v. Bennett

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOLDRIDGE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Steve Bennett, was charged by indictment with attempted first degree murder (count I), aggravated battery with a firearm (count II), armed violence (count III), aggravated discharge of a firearm (counts IV and V), and unlawful sale of firearms (count VI). A Will County jury acquitted defendant of count VI, but found him guilty on all remaining counts. The circuit court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 14 years’ imprisonment on all counts. Defendant appeals, contending that he was denied his constitutional right to be…