PEOPLE v. FALCO

No. 1-11-1797.

17 N.E.3d 671 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 111797

384 Ill. Dec. 689

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James FALCO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abishi C. Cunningham, Jr. , Public Defender, of Chicago ( Jeffrey Walker , Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Douglas P. Harvath , and Zachary Holladay , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant James Falco was convicted of possession of a firearm with defaced identification marks (720 ILCS 5/24-5(b) (West 2006)) and was sentenced to 2 years' probation with 90 days in the Cook County department of corrections. Defendant now appeals and argues: (1) the State improperly amended the indictment a week before trial without sending the...

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