People v. Finley

Leroy Finley (hereinafter defendant) brings the present appeal from a conviction for unlawful use of weapons after a jury trial. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1.) The defendant urges that the seven-year sentence imposed by the trial court was erroneous because: (1) the prohibition against ex post facto laws barred the trial court from sentencing him to an extended term under the 1977 amendments to the Unified Code of Corrections1 (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1978 Supp., ch. 38, par. 1005 — 8—2); and (2) the sentence imposed by the trial court violated his equal protection rights.

We affirm.

The…