People v. Hall

This is an appeal from a decision of the appellate court reversing the armed-violence conviction of defendant, Alan Earl Hall, in the circuit court of Winnebago County.

Defendant was arrested by undercover agents of the Department of Law Enforcement when he attempted to sell them cannabis at his home. He was subsequently charged in a three-count information, only the first two counts of which are relevant to this decision. They charged:

“Count I

That on the 24th day of March, 1978 in the County of Winnebago ***, Alan Earl Hall committed the offense of Violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in…