People v. Parrott

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Jack E. Parrott (defendant) was tried before a jury for unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1(a)(7)). The indictment charged that, “he knowingly possessed and sold a shotgun with a barrel less than eighteen inches in length * ” After a verdict of guilty, he was sentenced to 1 to 3 years. He appeals.

In this court defendant urges that he was denied the right of confrontation of witnesses by the repeated use of improper hearsay testimony; he was prejudiced and denied a fair trial by repeated testimony…