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PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 1-96-4118.

707 N.E.2d 130 (1998)

302 Ill. App.3d 550

236 Ill.Dec. 285

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antoine WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Coyne, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald and Mary P. Needham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 29, 1994, at about 5 p.m., 10-year-old Rodney Collins was with friends, riding his bicycle outside his home on Winchester Street in Chicago, Illinois. On the corner of 51st and Wentworth, two men made "pitchfork" hand signals, signifying allegiance to the Gangster Disciples street gang. The same men were also "throwing down the [five]," signifying disrespect for the Blackstones street gang. The...

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