People v. Moore

Defendant, Sterling Ardie Moore, appeals from his conviction, following a bench trial, for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (see 720 ILCS 5/24—1.1(a) (West 1996)). On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to file a motion to quash arrest and to suppress evidence and because in defendant’s posttrial motion posttrial counsel failed to allege trial counsel’s deficiencies. We reverse and remand for the reasons set forth below.

FACTS

On March 22, 1997, Officer Alan Rose, a patrolman for the City of Centraba, was…