PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

No. 82-1198.

117 Ill. App.3d 806 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 34

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOLITA ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Giovannini and Herbert L. Goldberg, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Michele A. Grimaldi, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lolita Anderson, appeals her conviction for unlawful use of a weapon (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(10)) and raises the following issue for review: whether she was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of possessing a weapon while not on her land, or in her own abode or fixed place of business.

We reverse.

At trial, George Lipinski, a Chicago policeman...

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