People v. Smith

¶ 1 Following a bench trial, defendant Zachary Smith was convicted of being an armed habitual criminal (AHC) and for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (UUWF). Mr. Smith was sentenced on the AHC charge to a prison term of six years, followed by three years of mandatory supervised release (MSR), and on the UUWF charge to a concurrent sentence of two years. On appeal, Mr. Smith argues that we must vacate his AHC conviction because one of the predicate convictions for that offense was for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW), under a statutory provision later held by the Illinois Supreme…