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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 4-93-0342.

638 N.E.2d 254 (1994)

265 Ill. App.3d 181

202 Ill.Dec. 608

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dewayne ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided June 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall A. Susler (argued), David A. Spence, Lowe, Moore, Susler, McNutt & Wrigley, Decatur, for appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Atty., Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Pros., Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Richard Norris, Staff Atty. (argued), for appellee.

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant Dewayne Adams was convicted of armed violence (Ill. Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 33A-2) based on the jury's finding that he was in possession of cocaine while armed with a switchblade knife. He was sentenced to 78 months in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing the State failed to prove all the elements of armed violence, the trial court erred in excluding evidence, the jury was not properly...

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