People v. Willis

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Justice Joseph Gordon concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Howse concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.

OPINION

After a jury trial, defendant Priest Willis was convicted of delivery of less than one gram of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school. The trial court sentenced defendant, based on prior criminal history, as a Class X offender to eight years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction, but contends that: (1) the…