PEOPLE v. FINK

No. 55013.

91 Ill.2d 237 (1982)

437 N.E.2d 623

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HOWARD G. FINK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Barbara A. Preiner, Assistant State's Attorney, and Nancie S. Hudell, law student, of counsel), for the People.

Carl W. Kuhn and William F. Linkul, of Glen Ellyn, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 13, 1980, the defendant, Howard G. Fink, was arrested and charged in the circuit court of Du Page County with unlawful use of weapons under section 24-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(1)). The complaint charged that he "knowingly possessed a bludgeon, commonly referred to as a nitestick [sic] * * * in a 1977 Pontiac * * * within...

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