People v. Harper

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant-appellant Pierre Harper (defendant) was convicted of aggravated driving under the influence (aggravated DUI) and sentenced to 18 months’ probation. He appeals, contending that his conviction cannot stand because he was charged pursuant to a statutory subsection which never took effect; alternatively, he contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed evidence of his oral admission after the State failed to tender the statement to the defense during discovery. He…