People v. Fields

SECOND DIVISION June 30, 2008 No. 1-06-3182 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Cook County. ) ) JOHNNY FIELDS, ) Honorable ) John Kirby, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court: This appeal arises from defendant Johnny Fields’ conviction for delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 2 felony (720 ILCS 570/401(d) (West 2004)), for which he was sentenced as a Class X offender based on his prior convictions to an eight-year prison term. On appeal, defendant contends that the…