PEOPLE v. BRYANT

No. 66620.

128 Ill.2d 448 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 1221

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHNNY BRYANT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Kenneth T. McCurry, Judy L. Groeneveld, Inge Fryklund and John R. Roe, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Anna Ahronheim, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Johnny Bryant, was charged by information in the circuit court of Cook County with one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of section 4-103(a)(1) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103(a)(1)). Defendant waived a jury trial, and the circuit court found him guilty of possession of a stolen...

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