People v. Smith

I agree with the holding that the defendant’s convictions of burglary and retail theft should be affirmed. Also, I agree with the reasoning for reducing the defendant’s concurrent sentence for retail theft to a term of five years. As a result, I concur with those portions of the opinion.

However, I cannot agree with the majority’s conclusion that the defendant’s sentence for burglary must be reduced to a term of seven years. Nor do I find that it was error to impose a Class X sentence for burglary under section 5 — 5—3(c)(8) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5 — 5—3(c)(8) (West…