People v. Donald

Defendant was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. On appeal, he argued the sufficiency of the evidence. He also challenged the length of his sentence, arguing that the trial court engaged in an impermissible double enhancement of his sentence when it used his prior conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon both as an element of the offense and to impose a higher sentence. The appellate court affirmed, finding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction and that the sentence was authorized by the language of the statute. (MIKVA, concurring and C.A. WALKER, specially concurring)