People v. Wilson

On October 13, 1983, defendant Vickie Linn Wilson was indicted for the offenses of felony retail theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 16A — 3(a), 16A — 10(2)) and battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3). Defendant was tried before a jury on September 24, 1990, and convicted of the offense of felony retail theft. Defendant was sentenced to 30 months’ probation, with 45 days to be spent in the county jail, and ordered to pay fines totaling $220. On appeal, defendant contends (1) the State failed to prove defendant’s prior retail theft conviction; (2) the trial court erred in…