People v. Whitamore

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In June 1991, the State charged defendant, James Whitamore, with one count of keeping a place of gambling and 14 counts of gambling, in violation of sections 28 — 3 and 28 — 1(a)(3) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Criminal Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, pars. 28 — 3, 28 — 1(a)(3)). At defendant’s jury trial in February 1992, the trial court directed a verdict of acquittal on six of the gambling counts, and the jury found defendant guilty of all remaining counts. In April 1992, the trial court (1) sentenced defendant to pay a…