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PEOPLE v. MOORE

No. 5-97-1101.

716 N.E.2d 851 (1999)

307 Ill. App.3d 107

240 Ill.Dec. 257

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sterling Ardie MOORE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Janet Gandy Fowler, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mount Vernon, for Appellant.

James Creason, State's Atty., Marion County Courthouse, Salem, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Atty's Appellate Pros., Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sterling Ardie Moore, appeals from his conviction, following a bench trial, for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (see 720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 1996)). On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to file a motion to quash arrest and to suppress evidence and because in defendant's posttrial motion posttrial counsel failed to...

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