People v. Span

Following this court’s remand for resentencing, the defendant, Claude Span, was resentenced to a 20-year term of imprisonment for armed violence. This sentence was ordered to run consecutively to Span’s sentences for other crimes. On appeal, Span argues that the trial court failed to make the requisite finding that consecutive sentences were required to protect the public. He also argues that the court erroneously believed that consecutive sentences had to be imposed. For the reasons that follow, we modify defendant’s sentence.

Following a jury trial in 1997, Span was found guilty of armed…