PEOPLE v. PUJOUE

No. 47150.

61 Ill.2d 335 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 437

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ALEXANDER PUJOUE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Laurence J. Bolon, Raymond J. Prosser, William Haddad and Michael Goggin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Anthony Pinelli and Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Alexander Pujoue, was convicted of unlawful use of weapons in violation of section 24-1(a)(10) of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(10)) and sentenced to 90 days in the House of Corrections. Defendant appealed, the appellate court reversed (

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