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PEOPLE v. BELL

No. 89520.

751 N.E.2d 1143 (2001)

196 Ill.2d 343

256 Ill.Dec. 306

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Terrell W. BELL, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Robert N. Markfield, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Barney S. Bier, State's Attorney, Quincy (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Michael Hoard, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we determine the proper test for ascertaining whether offenses arise from an unrelated course of conduct for purposes of imposing extended-term sentences under section 5-8-2(a) of the Unified Code of Corrections. 730 ILCS 5/5-8-2(a) (West 1998).

BACKGROUND

Evidence produced at trial established the following facts. On August 20, 1996, defendant and two friends, Ronald Smith and...

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