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PEOPLE v. BURDUNICE

No. 3-01-0776.

791 N.E.2d 1148 (2003)

339 Ill. App.3d 986

274 Ill.Dec. 737

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melody T. BURDUNICE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santiago A. Durango, Office of the State Appellate Defender Ottawa, for Melody Burdunice.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Edward D. Smith, State's Attorney, Kankakee, Sabrina H. Henry, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice SCHMIDT delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant, Melody T. Burdunice, guilty of the unauthorized delivery of electronic contraband (cellular telephone batteries) into a penal institution by an employee (720 ILCS 5/31A-1.2(c)(1), (d)(4)(xi) (West 1998)). She was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argues that the act under which she was convicted, Public Act 89-688 (Pub. Act 89-688, eff. June 1, 1997), violates...

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