PEOPLE v. WOODEN

No. 1-13-0907.

16 N.E.3d 850 (2014)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher WOODEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Samuel M. Hayman , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , William Toffenetti , and Michele Lavin , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a bench trial, defendant Christopher Wooden was convicted of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and sentenced to six years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) he was improperly convicted of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon as a Class 2 felony offense instead of a Class 3 offense because the State did not give him notice that it would...

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