PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 1-08-2609.

934 N.E.2d 487 (2010)

402 Ill. App.3d 47

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Priest WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender; Patricia Unsinn , Deputy Defender, Deepa Punjabi , Assistant Appellate Defender, for Appellant.

State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, IL, Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney; Allan J. Spellberg , Mary L. Boland , Assistant State's Attorneys, for Appellee (Petitioner).


Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant Priest Willis was convicted of delivery of less than one gram of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school. The trial court sentenced defendant, based on prior criminal history, as a Class X offender to eight years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction, but contends that: (1)

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