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PEOPLE v. FIELDS

No. 1-06-3182.

891 N.E.2d 990 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Eve Reilly, Jennifer Gates, of counsel), for Appellee.

Suzan-Amanda Ingram, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from defendant Johnny Fields' conviction for delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 2 felony (720 ILCS 570/401(d) (West 2004)), for which he was sentenced as a Class X offender based on his prior convictions to an eight-year prison term. On appeal, defendant contends that the mandatory provisions of the Class 2 sentencing statute (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(5) (West 2004)) and the mandatory Class X...

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