PEOPLE v. WHITFIELD

No. 71-156.

8 Ill. App.3d 210 (1972)

289 N.E.2d 667

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERMAN WHITFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

October 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Gillis, of Defender Project, of Chicago, (Matthew J. Moran, of counsel,) for appellant.

Peyton Berbling, State's Attorney, of Cairo, (Ralph J. Mendelsohn, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Alexander County, defendant, Herman Whitfield, was convicted of possessing metal knuckles in violation of the unlawful use of weapons statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(1).) The information on which he was prosecuted consisted of two counts charging separate violations of the two subsections of said statute which provide:

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