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PEOPLE v. TOWNSEND

No. 2-93-1302.

654 N.E.2d 1096 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 413

211 Ill.Dec. 286

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cornelius TOWNSEND, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Kathleen J. Hamill, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Cornelius Townsend.

Michael P. Bald, Stephenson County State's Atty., Freeport, William L. Browers, Deputy Dir., Marshall M. Stevens, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.

Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Cornelius Townsend, appeals his conviction of aggravated discharge of a firearm under section 24-1.2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (West 1992)). The defendant alleges two constitutional violations: (1) that the aggravated discharge of a firearm statute, which makes it a Class 1 felony to discharge a firearm "in the direction of" another person, is unconstitutionally vague, in violation...

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