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PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 3-00-0669.

759 N.E.2d 582 (2001)

325 Ill. App.3d 733

259 Ill.Dec. 802

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John E. BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

November 1, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, Jeremy B. Harris, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for John E. Brown.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Joseph Hettel, LaSalle County State's Attorney, Terry A. Mertel, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John E. Brown, was convicted of two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2000)), and sentenced to concurrent terms of eight years' imprisonment. The defendant now appeals his conviction, alleging that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was a felon. We reverse.

The defendant, John E. Brown, was charged with two counts of possession...

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