Illinois Supreme Court· 3/26/1998

People v. Hicks

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693 N.E.2d 373
181 Ill. 2d 541
230 Ill. Dec. 244
1998 Ill. LEXIS 363

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accountability in and of itself is not a crime, but is a mechanism through which a criminal conviction may be obtained; a charge based on accountability necessarily flows from the principal crime at issue
accountability in and of itself is not a crime, but is a mechanism through which a criminal conviction may be obtained; a charge based on accountability necessarily flows from the principal crime at issue
accountability in and of itself is not a crime, but is a mechanism through which a criminal conviction may be obtained; a charge based on accountability necessarily flows from the principal crime at issue
“[t]he imposition of an unauthorized sentence” may affect the defendant’s substantial rights
even if there were multiple entrants into the dwelling, the defendant can only be convicted of one count of home invasion because the legislature did not intend to convict the defendant as a principal and an accomplice for the same crime
“The imposition of an unauthorized sentence affects substantial rights”

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Judges: Freeman, Bilandic, Harrison

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