Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/2/2000

People v. White

Citations

724 N.E.2d 572
311 Ill. App. 3d 374
243 Ill. Dec. 973
2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 55

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finding Williams was wrongly decided and holding “though simultaneous, defendant’s possession of the gun was an act distinct from defendant’s possession of the drugs”
affirming defendant’s convictions for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and armed violence
discussing the rule of idem sonans, which provides that the spelling of two names, if the correct pronunciation of the two names is practically identical, are held to designate the same person
court could take judicial notice of prior felony conviction, even though it was an element of the offense, because the doctrine of judicial notice includes facts readily verifiable from sources of indisputable accuracy
despite possession of a weapon as an act common to both offenses, “armed violence required the additional act of possession of the drugs, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon required the additional element of status as a felon”
despite 5 possession of a weapon as an act common to both offenses, “armed violence required the additional act of possession of the drugs, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon required the additional element of status as a felon”

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Judges: Garman

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