also concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur that the judgment of conviction for the offense of armed violence must be reversed; however, I dissent from that part of the decision upholding defendant’s conviction for attempted murder. See People v. Barker (1980), 83 Ill. 2d 319, 333 (Moran, J., dissenting).
JUSTICE SIMON joins in this partial concurrence and partial dissent.