People v. Little

State: Illinois

Court: 2nd District Appellate

Docket No: 2-99-0736 Rel

Case Date: 01/05/2001

January 5,2001

No. 2--99--0736

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

SECOND DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

PRIEST D. LITTLE,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court
of Lake County.

No. 96--CF--1915

Honorable
Victoria A. Rossetti,
Judge, Presiding.

JUSTICE RAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant, Priest D. Little, guilty of aggravatedunlawful restraint (720 ILCS 5/10--3.1(a) (West 1998)), unlawfuluse of weapons (720 ILCS 5/24--1(a)(4) (West 1998)), armed robbery(720 ILCS 5/18--2(a) (West 1998)), armed violence (720 ILCS 5/33A--2 (West 1998)), and home invasion (720 ILCS 5/12--11(a)(1) (West1998)). The trial court entered judgment on only the armedviolence conviction and sentenced defendant to 22 years'imprisonment. On appeal, this court concluded that defendant'spenalty for armed violence violated the proportionate penaltiesclause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I,