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People v. Pizano

Case Date: 03/04/2004
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-01-4277 Rel

FOURTH DIVISION
March 4, 2004



No. 1-01-4277

 
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

                         v.

CESAR PIZANO,

                         Defendant-Appellee.

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the Circuit Court
of Cook County.

No. 00 CR 1178

Honorable
Marcus R. Salone,
Judge Presiding.


JUSTICE THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Cesar Pizano was convicted of knowingly possessing afraudulent identification card and sentenced to 18 months' probation and 7 days in the Sheriff"sWork Alternative Program (SWAP). On appeal, he raises the following contentions: (1) hissentence violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970,art. I,