Appellate Court of Illinois

Conviction and sentence for possession of a controlled substance is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) his right to a new trial because the record does not indicate that he knowingly and intelligently waived his right to confrontation when his attorney stipulated that a proper chain of custody was maintained over items recovered from the defendant; 2) the court's order to pay 5 dollars to the Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis Cure Research Trust Fund violated his due process rights because it is not rationally related to the offense of possession.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/30/2007
• Published 05/30/2007

Judges

• Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Appellate Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Laila M. Velkme, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, William Toffenetti, Paula Borg, of counsel), for Appellee.