People v. Brown

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCUSKEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Maurice Brown, pled guilty to unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1992)). The trial court imposed a six-year term of imprisonment, a $225 street value fine, a $500 statutorily required assessment, a $50 crime lab fee, and a $131.34 public defender fee. Brown appeals.

On appeal, Brown raises two issues. First, he contends the trial court erred in concluding that his statutory $5-per-day credit for pretrial incarceration could not be used to offset the…