97 Ill. 2d 133 - People v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. ““Finally defendant contends that his sentence is excessive. He states that shortly after he was sentenced in this case he was sentenced to a five-year term in Georgia which was to be served concurrently with the sentence imposed in this case. He argues that because he had not as yet been sentenced in Georgia there was no way in which the Illinois sentence could be made concurrent with that in Georgia, and that he will be required to serve a total of eight years on the two commitments. Under the circumstances existing at the time the sentence was imposed it is apparent that there was no basis on which the circuit court could have considered making the sentence concurrent with that in Georgia. There is, however, no impediment to the defendant’s applying to the circuit court for a reduction of sentence in accordance with section 5 — 8—1(f) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1005 — 8— 1(f)).” 97 Ill. 2d 133, 142 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Carter