1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.E.2d
  4. 994 N.E.2d
  5. 994 N.E.2d 1076 (2013)
 

PEOPLE v. GARVIN

Docket No. 1-11-3095.

994 N.E.2d 1076 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 113095

374 Ill. Dec. 139

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin GARVIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

OPINION

¶ 1 Does the unlawful use of weapons by felons statute (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1 (West 2010)), violate a defendant's second amendment rights by criminalizing the knowing possession of firearm ammunition alone, without regard to whether or not the defendant also possesses a firearm?

¶ 2 Defendant draws on District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570,

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases