People v. Austin

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’MARA FROSSARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial defendant, Larry Austin, was found guilty of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Based on defendant’s previous felony convictions, he was sentenced as a Class 2 felon to incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections for 36 months. Defendant appeals contending that his conviction should be reversed because the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He also raises two arguments regarding the constitutionality of the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (aggravated UUW)…