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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 1-09-0398.

943 N.E.2d 179 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Montate THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender (Patricia Unsinn, Christofer R. Bendik, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook Spate's Attorney, (Alan J. Spellberg, Eve Reilly, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

OPINION

Justice NEVILLE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Following a bench trial, the trial court found that Montate Thomas violated the armed habitual criminal statute. 720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 (West 2006). On appeal, Thomas contends that: (1) the prosecution did not prove that he committed two prior forcible felonies, because the prosecution did not show that Thomas's prior conviction for attempted murder qualified as a forcible felony; (2)...

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