Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Defendant was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to deliver and sentenced as a Class X offender pursuant to Section 5-4.5-95(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections. Defendant was age 20 at time of narcotics transaction but turned 21 before his conviction. The Class X recidivist provision is not an ex post facto law, and does not violate due process and equal protection guarantees of U.S. and Illinois constitutions. (LAVIN and PUCINSKI, concurring.)