People v. Mordican

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRETT

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969 ch. 38, par. 24—1(a)(7)), and sentenced to a term of two to five years. Subsequently, as a result of the above conviction, defendant’s probation on an unrelated charge was revoked and he was sentenced to one to two years to run consecutively. It is from the conviction of unlawful use of weapons as well as the probation revocation that defendant appeals.

On appeal, defendant raises five issues for this court’s consideration: (1) whether a…