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PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 49789.

74 Ill.2d 1 (1978)

383 N.E.2d 944

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RONALD E. EDWARDS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong, of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and G. Joseph Weller, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ronald E. Edwards, was found guilty of unlawful possession of a weapon, in two counts (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(7)), and of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 19-1(a)) by a jury in the circuit court of Peoria County. The appellate court, with one justice concurring in part and dissenting in part, finding the State...

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