People v. Wade

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Billy Wade, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Peoria County which found him guilty of one count of armed violence, in violation of section 33A — 2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 33A — 2), and of one count of attempted armed robbery, in violation of section 8 — 4(a) of the Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4(a)). Wade was sentenced to a term of seven years’ imprisonment for the armed violence only.

On January 13, 1987, Wade entered the Western Meat Market in…