PEOPLE v. BURKS

No. 1-01-4472.

799 N.E.2d 745 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 765

278 Ill.Dec. 880

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Taureo BURKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle and William J. McFadden, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Vicki P. Kouros, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Taureo Burks was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment following a bench trial. In this appeal, he argues (1) that the circuit court failed to make proper inquiry into his posttrial allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel; (2) that he was unconstitutionally sentenced as a Class X offender...

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