PEOPLE v. PEETE

No. 4-99-0773.

743 N.E.2d 689 (2001)

318 Ill.App.3d 961

252 Ill.Dec. 821

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Casper C. PEETE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

January 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Jacqueline L. Bullard, Assistant Defender (argued), Joshua D. Carter, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Casper C. Peete.

Larry S. Mills, State's Attorney, Danville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Denise M. Ambrose, Staff Attorney (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 1999, the State charged defendant, Casper Peete, with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/241.1(a) (West 1998)). In June 1999, a jury found defendant guilty of the crime as charged. After a joint hearing in September 1999, the trial court denied defendant's posttrial motion and sentenced defendant to seven years' imprisonment. That same month,...

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