# People v. Summers

> Appellate Court of Illinois · September 4, 1997 · 291 Ill. App. 3d 656

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9819284

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN D. SUMMERS, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Appellate Court of Illinois
- **Decided:** September 4, 1997
- **Citations:** 291 Ill. App. 3d 656; 226 Ill. Dec. 8; 684 N.E.2d 1004; 1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 618
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hopkins
- **Judges:** Kuehn, Hopkins
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

JUSTICE HOPKINS, dissenting:
As much as I find logic in the analysis of the majority, I must respectfully dissent. In examining People v. Arna, 168 Ill. 2d 107 , it is clear that the dissent of Justice Nickels makes the same logical analysis as does the majority herein. However, Ama clearly holds that the imposition of concurrent sentences is a void sentence when the offenses are committed in a single course of conduct. The two attempted murders by the defendant Summers are clearly part of a single course of conduct in his effort to steal a car. The position of the majority attempting to define the facts otherwise is more imaginative than real, and the plea should be vacated.

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