Defendant was found guilty of one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking and was sentenced to 31 years in prison. On appeal, defendant argued that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of possession of a stolen vehicle, that defense counsel was ineffective, that he was denied a fair trial in conjunction with various evidentiary rulings, that he was denied a fair sentencing hearing, and that the trial court erred by sentencing him to three years of mandatory supervised release. The appellate court agreed that the three-year MSR term was incorrect as a matter of law and modified the trial court’s judgment to correct the MSR term to 18 months and affirmed the remainder of the conviction and sentence. (HARRIS, concurring and DOHERTY, specially concurring)
Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Mandatory Supervised Release