Court Opinion

ID: 9881052
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-29 16:06:08.977511+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:59:01.926907
License: Public Domain

NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and is not precedent except
             in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1).

                                               2023 IL App (3d) 200054-U

                                Order filed September 29, 2023
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                                                           IN THE

                                         APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

                                                    THIRD DISTRICT

                                                             2023

      THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF                                )        Appeal from the Circuit Court
      ILLINOIS,                                                 )        of the 10th Judicial Circuit,
                                                                )        Peoria County, Illinois,
                 Plaintiff-Appellee,                            )
                                                                )        Appeal No. 3-20-0054
                 v.                                             )        Circuit No. 19-CF-209
                                                                )
      JERMAINE LAWSON,                                          )        Honorable
                                                                )        Katherine S. Gorman,
                 Defendant-Appellant.                           )        Judge, Presiding.
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            JUSTICE ALBRECHT delivered the judgment of the court.
            Justices Brennan concurred in the judgment. 1
            Justice McDade dissented.
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                                                         ORDER

¶1           Held: (1) Defendant was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of being an armed
                   habitual criminal. (2) The State did not violate defendant’s due process rights.

¶2           Defendant, Jermaine Lawson, appeals his conviction for being an armed habitual criminal,

     arguing (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and

             1
                 Justices Albrecht and Brennan were administratively reassigned to this case on September 12, 2023, due
     to the retirement of previously assigned panel members.