Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Joinder
Defendant was indicted for being armed habitual criminal and for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Court properly dismissed charges, as Defendant's possession of cannabis and of handgun was the same act. Handguns that formed bases of later-filed charges were found during same searches at same times and places as cannabis that resulted in original charges. Defendant committed a single act within meaning of compulsory-joinder statute, and State was required to charge him with all offenses arising therefrom in single prosecution. (HUTCHINSON and JORGENSEN concurring.)