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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