PEOPLE v. LESURE

No. 1-94-0174.

648 N.E.2d 1123 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 679

208 Ill.Dec. 201

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ezell LESURE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

April 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Lester Finkle, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michael Cho, of counsel), for appellee.


Presiding Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Ezell Lesure (a/k/a Lezure) was convicted of unlawful use of a firearm by a felon and sentenced to five years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We agree and thus reverse his conviction.

Prior to trial, defense counsel filed a motion to quash defendant's arrest and suppress evidence. The hearing on...

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