People v. Ellis

2020 IL App (1st) 190774

FIRST DISTRICT SIXTH DIVISION September 30, 2020 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST DISTRICT No. 1-19-0774 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 11 CR 11010 ) MICHAEL ELLIS, ) Honorable ) Dennis J. Porter, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE MIKVA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Connors and Harris concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant Michael Ellis was found guilty of being an armed…