PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 1-08-2609.

950 N.E.2d 265 (2011)

409 Ill. App.3d 804

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

May 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender (Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Deepa Punjabi, Assistant Appellate Defender), for Appellant.

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


OPINION

Presiding Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

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...

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