People v. Tolliver

Following a bench trial, defendant Bannye Tolliver was convicted of two counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (UUW) and sentenced to concurrent terms of five years’ imprisonment. He was also ordered to submit blood specimens to the Illinois State Police for genetic analysis pursuant to section 5 — 4—3 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5 — 4—3 (West 2002)).

On appeal, defendant contends that he is entitled to $5 credit for each day he was in custody prior to sentencing to be applied toward the $665 “fine” assessed to him and that a specific $20 fine is inapplicable and…