PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 56596.

98 Ill.2d 374 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 6

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LESLIE BROWN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard A. Devine, Michael E. Shabat, Michelle Grimaldi, Mary A. McKenzie, Joan S. Cherry, and Paula Carsentsen, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Leslie Brown, was charged by complaint with violating section 4-102(a)(4) of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-102(a)(4)) for possessing an automobile with a removed and falsified vehicle identification number (VIN). Pursuant to defendant's motion, the circuit court of Cook County dismissed the complaint on the ground that section 4...

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