People v. Smith

2016 IL App (1st) 140496

THIRD DIVISION February 24, 2016 No. 1-14-0496 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 12 CR 20348 ) ARTEZE SMITH, ) Honorable ) Thomas M. Davy, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE MASON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Fitzgerald Smith and Lavin concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant Arteze Smith was found guilty of unlawful use of a weapon (UUW) by a felon and sentenced as a Class X offender to nine…