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PEOPLE v. RYAN

Nos. 63402, 63403, 63404, 63405 cons.

117 Ill.2d 28 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1001

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHN RYAN, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DON RICO REESE, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. PETER LEE, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JUAN DeJESUS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Gary H. Schwartz, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Michelle A. Zalisko, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Each of the four defendants in these consolidated cases — John Ryan, Don Rico Reese, Peter Lee, and Juan DeJesus — was charged in the circuit court of Randolph County with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, a violation of section 24-1.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 24-1.1). The trial judge dismissed the charges on two separate...

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