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People v. Denton

Case Date: 04/05/2002
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-00-0937 Rel

No. 3--00--0937

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2002



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
OF ILLINOIS,  ) of the 10th Judicial Circuit,
) Peoria County, Illinois
           Plaintiff-Appellee, )
)
           v. ) No. 99--CF--752
)
DAVID DENTON, ) Honorable
) Donald C. Courson,
           Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding

 

 JUSTICE HOMER delivered the Opinion of the Court:

A jury convicted defendant David Denton of two counts ofhome invasion (720 ILCS 5/12--11(a)(1),(2) (West 1998)) and onecount of aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12--4.2(a)(1) (West 1998)). Defendant was sentenced to 35 years inprison--25 years for the two home invasion convictions to beserved consecutively to a 10-year term for aggravated batterywith a firearm. Defendant appeals, contending that (1) the courterred in denying his motion to suppress identification testimony;(2) the evidence was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond areasonable doubt; (3) Public Act 86--980 (Pub. Act 86--980, eff.July 1, 1990), which created the offense of aggravated batterywith a firearm, violates the single subject clause of theIllinois Constitution of 1970 (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV,