PEOPLE v. LEIGH

No. 5-02-0725.

792 N.E.2d 809 (2003)

341 Ill. App.3d 492

275 Ill.Dec. 334

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas B. LEIGH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Douglas, Law Offices of Robert L. Douglas, Robinson, for Appellant.

L. Kaye DeSelms, State's Attorney, Olney; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, Staff Attorney, Office of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 2001, a jury convicted the defendant, Thomas Bradley Leigh, of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 1998)). The charge stemmed from a routine traffic stop, during which officer Dennis Hout asked the defendant if there was anything in his pickup truck that would cause a police dog to alert and the defendant responded that a pistol belonging to his wife, Traci Leigh, was...

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