People v. Spyres

In June 2003, a jury convicted defendant, Jason A. Spyres, of cannabis trafficking (720 ILCS 550/5.1(b) (West 2002)) (more than 5,000 grams of a substance containing cannabis (720 ILCS 550/5(g) (West 2002))). The trial court later sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court (1) abused its discretion by admitting certain other-crimes evidence and (2) gave an improper limiting instruction to the jury. We disagree and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In May 2002, the State charged defendant with (1) cannabis traflicking (720 ILCS 550/5.1(b) (West 2002)) (count I), (2)…