PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 2-01-0431.

779 N.E.2d 268 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 102

268 Ill.Dec. 654

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Avell A. WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing October 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Josette Skelnik, Law Offices of Josette Skelnik, Elgin, for Avell A. Walker.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Peter N. Stein, Attorney at Law, Lincolnshire, for the People.


Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing

Justice CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Avell A. Walker, was convicted of the unlawful sale of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24—3(A)(a) (West 2000)) and the unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24— 1.1(a) (West 2000)). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 42 months' imprisonment. He appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in (1) admitting a prior...

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