People v. Myers
Case Date: 08/02/2005
Court: 4th District Appellate
Docket No: 4-03-0757 Rel
NO. 4-03-0757 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT
JUSTICE STEIGMANN, delivered the opinion of the court: In June 2003, defendant, Douglas E. Myers, pleaded guilty to child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1(a)(1)(vii) (West 2002)). Following an August 2003 hearing, the trial court sentenced him to four years in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing that, as applied to him, the mandatory minimum four-year sentence for child pornography is unconstitutional because it violates the proportionate-penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, |