People v. McBride

Defendant was convicted, after separate jury trials, of 3 weapons offenses and 3 drug offenses. Court erred by admitting irrelevant evidence that he possessed a large amount of cash when arrested, but the error was evidentiary, and not constitutional, and harmless because no reasonable probability existed that the jury would have acquitted Defendant absent the error. In drug trial, court improperly imposed an extended-term sentence for the least serious drug offense. Sentence is reduced to the maximum nonextended term for that offense. (McLAREN and HUTCHINSON, concurring.)