Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/11/1986

People v. Crawford

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495 N.E.2d 1025
145 Ill. App. 3d 318
99 Ill. Dec. 290
1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 2481

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holding that unlawful-use-of-weapons-by-felons statute is reasonably designed to remedy a threat to public safety and is not an arbitrary use of police power
holding that unlawful-use-of- weapons-by-felons statute is reasonably designed to remedy a threat to public safety and is not an arbitrary use of police power
section 24—1.1 was enacted “to protect the health and safety of the public by deterring possessions of weapons by convicted felons, a class of persons that the legislature has determined presents a higher risk of danger to the public when in possession of a weapon” (emphasis added)

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