PEOPLE v. SAMS

Docket No. 1-12-1431.

2 N.E.3d 441 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 121431

377 Ill. Dec. 525

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert SAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Sharifa Rahmany , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Carol L. Gaines , and Haley Peck , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice EPSTEIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Robert Sams was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction, challenging both the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of hearsay. We reverse his conviction outright, because the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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