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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-04-0326.

832 N.E.2d 925 (2005)

358 Ill. App.3d 363

295 Ill.Dec. 475

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Appellate Defender (Jennifer Y. Wu, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Farrah Brass, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant James Williams was convicted of burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-1 (West 2002)) and was sentenced as a Class X offender pursuant to section 5-5-3(c)(8) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3(c)(8) (West 2002)), to six years' imprisonment. Defendant now appeals and argues that section 5-5-3(c)(8) is ambiguous and violates his rights to equal protection and due process...

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