People v. Whitney

PRESIDING JUSTICE LEAVITT

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Brandon Whitney was convicted by a jury of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1994)) and aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.2(a)(2) (West 1994)) in connection with the shooting death of Aaron Holmes. The trial court sentenced defendant to 50 years’ imprisonment on the murder charge and 15 years’ imprisonment on the aggravated discharge of a firearm count, to run consecutively. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) the trial court erred in ordering his sentences to run consecutively, rather than…