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PEOPLE v. IZZO

No. 88887.

745 N.E.2d 548 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 109

253 Ill.Dec. 425

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jerry S. IZZO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Mary Beth Burns, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

George P. Lynch, Lisle, for appellee.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Jerry Izzo, an 18-year-old high school student, was charged by complaint with violating section 21-6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/21-6 (West 1998)), which prohibits the unauthorized possession or storage of weapons on public property. The charge was filed after Izzo was found carrying "a folding silver & black Smith & Wesson S.W.A.T. [Special Weapons Assault Team] knife with a blade in excess...

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