People v. Smith

2025 IL App (1st) 231202

First District Third Division June 4, 2025 No. 1-23-1202 ) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of Cook County. Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) No. 21 CR 1507701 v. ) ) The Honorable CEDRIC SMITH, ) Vincent Gaughan, ) Judge Presiding. Defendant-Appellant. ) ) JUSTICE REYES delivered the judgment of the court with opinion. Presiding Justice Lampkin and Justice Martin concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 After a jury trial, defendant Cedric Smith was convicted of being an armed habitual criminal (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7(a) (West 2020)) 1…