PEOPLE v. RATLIFF

No. 2-95-0282.

669 N.E.2d 122 (1996)

282 Ill. App.3d 707

218 Ill.Dec. 391

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alvin RATLIFF, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, William L. Browers Deputy Director, Elgin, Marshall M. Stevens, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for People.

Law Offices of Morelli & Cook, Aurora, Fred M. Morelli Jr., Rene Cruz, Law Offices of Morelli, Cook & Petersen, Aurora, for appellee.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals the trial court's order granting the motion of defendant, Alvin Ratliff, to dismiss two of the four counts against him on the basis of double jeopardy. Defendant was charged by a four-count information of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 1994)), battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3 (West 1994)), possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's identification card (430...

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