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People v. Agee

Case Date: 09/30/1999
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-97-2397

People v. Agee, No. 1-97-2397

1st District, September 30, 1999

SIXTH DIVISION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

WILLIAM AGEE,

Defendant-Appellant.

 Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County

Honorable Reginald Baker, Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant, William Agee, of unlawful use of a weapon in violation of section 24-1(a)(4) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(4) (West 1998)). The trial court sentenced defendant to three years in prison. Defendant appeals, contending: (1) the trial court erred by admitting irrelevant, prejudicial evidence unrelated to the offense of unlawful use of a weapon; and (2) Public Act 88-680 (Public Act 88-680, eff. January1, 1995), which upgraded a conviction for unlawful use of a weapon under section 24-1(a)(4) from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony, violates the Illinois Constitution's single subject rule (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV,