People v. Santana

The defendants Luis Perez and Fred Santana prosecute this appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the circuit court of Cook County following a bench trial on an information charging each of them with possession of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of section 4 — 103(a)(1) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95Vs, par. 4 — 103(a)(1)), a Class II felony. The court sentenced Luis Perez to seven years’ imprisonment and Fred Santana to 5Vs years’ imprisonment. Defendants set forth several arguments for the reversal of their convictions or alternatively…