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PEOPLE v. EASLEY

No. 115581.

7 N.E.3d 667 (2014)

2014 IL 115581

379 Ill. Dec. 829

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Christopher EASLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Anita M. Alvarez, State's Attorney, Chicago (Alan J. Spellberg, Michelle Katz, John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Alan D. Goldberg, Levi S. Harris, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Christopher Easley, was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2008)), and sentenced to nine years in prison. The appellate court affirmed defendant's conviction but vacated his Class 2 sentence and remanded with directions to impose a sentence within the Class 3 felony range. The appellate court reasoned that the State failed...

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