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PEOPLE v. HESTER

No. 4-93-0974.

649 N.E.2d 1351 (1995)

271 Ill.App.3d 954

208 Ill.Dec. 690

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jay HESTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided May 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Duane E. Schuster, argued, Asst. Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, IL, for Jay C. Hester.

Scott H. Walden, State's Atty., Quincy, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Dir., Elliott Turpin, argued, Staff Atty., for People.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In September 1993, a jury found defendant, Jay Hester, guilty of eight counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1 (West 1992)), and in October 1993, the trial court sentenced him to eight concurrent three-year terms in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend the information during trial; (2) the trial court erred in instructing...

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