PEOPLE v. SPYRES

No. 4-03-0883.

835 N.E.2d 974 (2005)

359 Ill. App.3d 1108

296 Ill.Dec. 621

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason A. SPYRES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas (Court-appointed), Judith L. Libby, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Jason A. Spyres.

Jack Ahola, State's Attorney, Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Timothy J. Londrigan, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In June 2003, a jury convicted defendant, Jason A. Spyres, of cannabis trafficking (720 ILCS 550/5.1(b) (West 2002)) (more than 5,000 grams of a substance containing cannabis (720 ILCS 550/5(g) (West 2002))). The trial court later sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court (1) abused its discretion by admitting certain other-crimes evidence and (2) gave an improper...

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