People v. Quinones

Following a bench trial, defendant Juan Quinones was found guilty of two counts of defacing firearm identification marks and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (UUW). Defendant was sentenced to four years in prison for each count of defacing a firearm and to three years in prison for each count of aggravated UUW, to be served concurrently, and was ordered to submit a blood specimen for genetic testing. On appeal, defendant contends (1) that section 24— 5(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24 — 5(b) (West 2002)) contained an unconstitutional mandatory presumption that…