People v. Harre

After a jury trial, defendant, Charles Harre, was convicted of one count of armed violence (720 ILCS 5/ 33A — 2 (West 1992)) based on the commission of the underlying felony of possession with intent to deliver 500 grams of a substance containing cannabis (720 ILCS 550/5(e) (West 1992)), to which defendant had pleaded guilty. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, found that defendant was not armed at the time of his arrest in reliance on this court’s decision in People v. Condon (1992), 148 Ill. 2d 96, and reversed defendant’s conviction of armed violence. (232 Ill. App. 3d 684.)…