People v. Bailey

Following a bench trial, defendant Marcus Bailey (defendant) was convicted of one count of the offense of armed habitual criminal and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. He was sentenced to five concurrent terms of six years’ imprisonment. He appeals, contending that his conviction for armed habitual criminal violates ex post facto laws, and that, alternatively, one of his convictions for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon is improper. He asks that we reverse and vacate the former, or that we vacate the latter. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part…