People v. Fink

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing a complaint charging defendant, Howard K. Fink, with unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1(a)(1)). The complaint charged that defendant had “knowingly possessed a bludgeon, commonly referred to as a nitestick [sic], which is about 2' long in a 1977 Pontiac bearing Kentucky registration CFX-159 for 1980 within the corporate limits of the Village of Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois.” The State contends that the trial court erred in determining that the nightstick was not a bludgeon…