People v. Ferguson

Following a bench trial, defendant, Jessie Ferguson, was convicted of possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 951/2, par. 4 — 103(a)(1)) and sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant now appeals, contending: (1) an insufficiency of the evidence to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the facial unconstitutionality of section 4 — 103(a)(1) as its presumption of knowledge that a vehicle is stolen is arbitrary and irrational; and (3) a violation of due process as the penalty imposed for the lesser-included offense of possession of…