PEOPLE v. ODEN

No. 5-92-0469.

633 N.E.2d 1385 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 41

199 Ill.Dec. 394

The PEOPLE of The State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. T.C. ODEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Larry R. Wells, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., St. Clair County, Belleville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director,

Mary H. Doyle, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas C. Oden, was charged in the circuit court of St. Clair County with unlawful use of weapons by a felon. (Ill.Rev. Stat.1990 Supp., ch. 38, par. 24-1.1.) The basis of the charge was that Oden was seen outside a nightclub holding an "Uzi-type" weapon. After a trial by jury, Oden was found guilty and sentenced to four years' imprisonment.

At trial, Sergeant Gregory Cox of the East St. Louis police...

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