People v. Ingram

Following a jury trial, defendant, Edward M. Ingram, was convicted of the unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.1(a) (West 2006)). Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew a weapon was in the car in which he was a passenger, and (2) the trial court erroneously admitted testimony that the area of defendant’s arrest was known as a high-crime area. We affirm.

On September 28, 2006, Officers Lambrecht and Stien were in an unmarked squad car, patrolling an area of Rockford that Lambrecht described as a…