Court Opinion

ID: 9529124
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:47:48.89179+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:41.299366
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SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court: It has been brought to our attention by a petition for rehearing filed by defendant that an alternative contention raised by him has not been passed upon in our original opinion. Defendant contends that because no sentence had been imposed on the aggravated battery judgment, it did not constitute a conviction and thus it must be vacated.  The record shows that a judgment of conviction for aggravated battery was entered by the trial court upon the jury’s guilty verdict. ‘Conviction’ means a judgment of conviction or sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case without a jury.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 2 — 5; see also Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 1005 — 1—5.) It thus follows, in the instant case, that since a judgment of conviction for aggravated battery was entered upon the jury’s verdict, defendant stands convicted thereof. The fact that no sentence was imposed on the conviction, does not, in our opinion, require vacation of the conviction. In People v. Gamboa, 30 Ill. App. 3d 242, 332 N.E.2d 543, cited by defendant, the defendant was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery. The trial court imposed sentence only on the less serious offense of aggravated battery. On appeal the court vacated the incomplete judgment for attempt murder. This case is distinguishable from the one at bar since there the court held that both offenses arose from the same conduct. See People v. Lilly, 56 Ill. 2d 493, 309 N.E.2d 1. Defendant also cites People v. Robinson, 41 Ill. App. 3d 526, 354 N.E.2d 117, wherein the court affirmed the defendant’s conviction on three armed robbery counts. From the record, however, it was unclear to the court whether the defendant had received a single sentence or multiple sentences of three to five years. The court therefore remanded the cause for clarification but additionally directed that any judgments of conviction upon which no sentence was imposed were to be vacated. (See also People v. Cook, 41 Ill. App. 3d 946, 354 N.E.2d 122.) In light of the holdings in Robinson and Cook affirming the judgments of convictions, we find no support in each case for the additional direction given on remand clarification and we thus decline to follow these cases. The petition for rehearing is denied. JONES, and KARNS, JJ., concur.