People v. Davis

Here, we consider the case of defendant Bobbin Davis, who was found guilty of violating the armed habitual criminal statute after a jury trial and sentenced to Pje years in prison. On appeal, defendant asserts that (1) the trial court failed to comply with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b) (eff. May 1, 2007); (2) the armed habitual criminal statute (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.7 (West 2006)) is unconstitutional; (3) trial counsel was ineffective; (4) the trial court erroneously did not permit the court reporter to record all proceedings; and (5) defendant’s sentence was improperly based on a…