People v. McLaurin

Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of being an armed habitual criminal. State presented sufficient evidence of Defendant's possession of a firearm as defined by the FOID Act to sustain his conviction. Police officer saw Defendant "in plain daylight" come out of a building and walk near her vehicle holding a firearm, and saw him enter a vehicle, and court noted that officer was familiar with firearms, works with firearms, and was trained with firearms. Another officer testified that the weapon recovered under the vehicle close to the door where Defendant exited , and that he saw a weapon matching the other officer's description. (BURKE, KILBRIDE, GARMAN, KARMEIER, and NEVILLE, concurring.)