People v. Rodriguez

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
2018 IL App (3d) 160440
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Will Co.
Holding: 
Vacated and remanded with directions.
Justice: 
WRIGHT

Defendant pled guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and court sentenced him to 9 years. In a corresponding written order, court imposed various monetary assessments, including a $1000 "Street Value Fine." Court erred in its arbitrary methodology for selecting value of contraband on the street without a prior evidentiary hearing supporting the amount assessed by the court. Remanded for evidentiary hearing on the correct street value for the seized narcotics. (HOLDRIDGE, concurring; SCHMIDT, dissenting.)