People v. Tritthardt

Defendant, Phillip Tritthardt, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his motion to declare unconstitutional the definition of “first offender” in section 11—500 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95½, par. 11—500) and also to declare unconstitutional sections 5—6—1(d)(1) and 5 — 6—1(d)(2) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 1005—6—1(d)(1), (d)(2)). Defendant argued before the trial court and maintains on appeal that these sections are unconstitutional because they violate the equal protection clauses of the constitutions of…