People v. Hopkins

In July 1991, a jury convicted defendant, Ronald Hopkins, of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)), and he was later sentenced to seven years in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) as applied in this case, the burglary statute unconstitutionally created a mandatory presumption of an essential element of the crime; (3) the trial court improperly admitted evidence showing he had been fingerprinted in another county under another name; and (4) the sentencing order was defective for failing to specify…