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PEOPLE v. PALMER

No. 47159.

62 Ill.2d 261 (1976)

342 N.E.2d 353

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHN PALMER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 26, 1976.

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, Jr., and Michael E. Shabat, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, Marilyn Dershem Israel, and John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial before a judge in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant was found guilty of unlawful use of weapons and of failure to possess a firearm owner's identification card. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, pars. 24-1(a)(4), 83-2(a).) The appellate court reversed the convictions (22 Ill.App.3d 866

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