People v. Rutledge

Presiding Justice Hall and Justice Hoffman concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Following a bench trial, defendant Alex Rutledge was found guilty of aggravated battery of a police officer and sentenced, based on his criminal background, to a Class X term of 10 years’ imprisonment. On appeal defendant contends that (1) he was denied a fair trial because the State introduced excessive and unnecessary “other crimes” evidence; and (2) he was improperly ordered to serve the three-year period of mandatory supervised release (MSR) associated with a Class X felony rather than the two-year…