People v. Cannady

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Sam Cannady, was found guilty of unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery. Following the conviction, the trial court sentenced the defendant as an habitual criminal to life imprisonment under the Habitual Criminal Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 33B — 1 et seq). Defendant appeals, contending that his life imprisonment sentence must be vacated because (1) the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act under which he was sentenced were unlawfully amended; and (2) the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt…