People v. Smith

16 August 2000

NO. 4-98-0959

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of) Champaign county

ROBIN SMITH, ) No. 98CM819

Defendant-Appellant. )) Honorable) Thomas J. Difanis,) Judge Presiding.

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PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK delivered the opinion of the

court:

Defendant, Robin Smith, was convicted, at a stipulated bench trial, of the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia (720 ILCS 600/3.5(a) (West 1998)). Defendant was later sentenced to 12 months'…