People v. Priest

The defendant was found guilty after a bench trial of unlawful possession of ammunition without a registration certificate and unlawful use of weapons. He was sentenced to one year in the State Farm at Vandalia on each finding, to run consecutively.

The defendant contends on appeal: the weapon found on his person was illegally seized; he never waived trial by jury; he was convicted of an offense for which he was not charged; the trial court improperly imposed consecutive sentences.

On the hearing on the motion to suppress Roy Martin testified that he was a police officer in uniform traveling in…