Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/22/2001

People v. Watson

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749 N.E.2d 1078
322 Ill. App. 3d 164
255 Ill. Dec. 596
2001 Ill. App. LEXIS 386

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holding that the existence of prior convictions are typically matters of public record, of which the trial court can take judicial notice without violating the defendant’s right to due process
observing with regard to the recidivism exception in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000
observing with regard to the recidivism exception in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000
observing with regard to the recidivism exception in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000
rejecting contention that, for purposes of repeat offender statute, defendant was entitled to jury determination of facts relating to his prior convictions, where defendant did not argue that the prior convictions did not exist or that the presen-tence report inaccurately reported them
\prior convictions must themselves have been established through procedures that complied with due process\

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