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PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 1-06-1928.

888 N.E.2d 686 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Calvin ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

May 12, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, of Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Justin Goldfarb, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Calvin Allen was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (UUW) (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2004)) and was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment. Defendant now appeals and argues that section 24-1.1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2004)) is unconstitutional because it requires the State to prove his...

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