People v. Lawson

2023 IL App (3d) 200054-U

Opinion

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 ____________________________________________________________________________

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

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. ____________________________________________________________________________

JUSTICE ALBRECHT delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Brennan concurred in the judgment. 1 Justice McDade dissented. ____________________________________________________________________________

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.