PEOPLE v. COX

No. 88860.

748 N.E.2d 166 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 378

254 Ill.Dec. 720

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Derick A. COX, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence J. Essig, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Mary Beth Burns, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the Champaign County circuit court, the defendant, Derick Cox, was convicted of unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The appellate court affirmed the defendant's conviction and sentence. No. 4-99-0122 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). We granted the defendant's petition for leave to appeal. 177 Ill. 2d R. 315(a).

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