People v. Burdunice

State: Illinois

Court: 3rd District Appellate

Docket No: 3-01-0776 Rel

Case Date: 05/29/2003

No. 3--01--0776

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2003

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

MELODY T. BURDINICE,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court
of the 21st Judicial Circuit,
Kankakee County, Illinois

No. 99--CF--788

Honorable
Clark E. Erickson,
Judge, Presiding.

JUSTICE SCHMIDT delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant, Melody T. Burdunice, guilty ofthe unauthorized delivery of electronic contraband (cellulartelephone batteries) into a penal institution by an employee (720ILCS 5/31A--1.2(c)(1), (4)(xi) (West 1998)). She was sentencedto 11 years' imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argues thatthe act under which she was convicted, Public Act 89--688 (Pub.Act 89--688, eff. June 1, 1997), violates the single subject ruleof the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV,