PEOPLE v. WARDLOW

No. 83061.

701 N.E.2d 484 (1998)

183 Ill.2d 306

233 Ill.Dec. 634

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Sam WARDLOW, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica Calderon, Assistant State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney Cook County, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, for the People.

Cook County Public Defender, Eileen T. Pahl, Assistant Public Defender, Chicago, for Sam Wardlow.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sam Wardlow, was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 1994)) following a stipulated bench trial in Cook County and was sentenced to a term of two years' imprisonment. On appeal, the appellate court reversed defendant's conviction, finding that defendant's motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because the revolver seized from him was discovered as...

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