People v. Chambers

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 2008, a jury convicted defendant, Jonathan A. Chambers, of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 2006)). In February 2008, the trial court sentenced him to a 6-year extended-term prison sentence with 148 days’ sentence credit for time served before sentencing and ordered him to pay $727 for several fines and court fees. The court specifically gave him the statutory $5-per-day credit for time spent in pretrial confinement for only $500 against his mandatory drug-assessment fine. On…