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PEOPLE v. CLAXTON

No. 1-13-2681.

19 N.E.3d 1182 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 132681

386 Ill. Dec. 29

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas CLAXTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Jeffrey Allen , and John E. Nowak , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Nicholas Claxton was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (UUWF) and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that his conviction must be reversed because his only prior felony conviction is for a version of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW) that has...

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