PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 107993.

969 N.E.2d 349 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 539

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. James WASHINGTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( James E. Fitzgerald , Alan J. Spellberg , Mary P. Needham , William C. Swallow , Annette Collins and Sari London , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn and Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defenders, and Laura A. Weiler , Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court with opinion.

¶ 1 The State appeals to this court raising a single issue — whether the appellate court below erred when it held that the State presented insufficient evidence of a dangerous weapon to prove defendant, James Washington, guilty of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated vehicular hijacking.

¶ 2 Defendant argues that we should affirm the appellate...

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