City of Chicago v. Haworth

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation (City), brought this action against defendant, Don Haworth (Haworth), a private detective, for his failure to register a firearm in violation of a municipal firearm registration ordinance. Following a bench trial, Ha-worth was found guilty of the ordinance violation and sentenced to six months’ court supervision, and the trial court ordered the firearm destroyed. The trial court granted Haworth’s subsequent motion for release of the firearm.

Haworth now appeals the trial court’s…