PEOPLE v. WEST

No. 79-2308.

97 Ill. App.3d 275 (1981)

422 N.E.2d 943

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAROLD THOMAS WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed June 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Ira A. Moltz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Dean C. Morask, and Richard Russo, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of two counts of unlawful use of weapons and was sentenced to serve 5 years in the penitentiary. Defendant questions the conviction upon the basis that the State failed to prove an essential element of the offense, namely, that the alleged use did not occur on defendant's own...

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