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        "text": "JUSTICE STOUDER\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe defendant, Hank Brown, appeals his conviction for unlawful use of weapons by a felon (111. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 24 \u2014 1.1(a)). The sole issue on appeal is whether the indictment was sufficient. We affirm.\nThe indictment alleged that on October 3, 1992, the defendant committed the offense of unlawful use of weapons by a felon in that \"he knowingly possessed on or about his person or on his own land or in his own abode or fixed place of business a weapon, being a shotgun, having been previously convicted of a felony.\u201d On appeal, the defendant argues that the indictment was void because it alleged the disparate and alternative acts of (1) actual possession \"on or about his person\u201d and (2) constructive possession \"on his own land or in his own abode or fixed place of business.\u201d\nWe note that the use of the disjunctive \"or\u201d will not render an indictment defective if the terms joined by the disjunctive are so intimately related as to provide the defendant with specific notice of the charge. (See People v. Rosenfeld (1962), 25 Ill. 2d 473, 185 N.E.2d 236; People v. Keystone Automotive Plating Corp. (1981), 98 Ill. App. 3d 40, 423 N.E.2d 1246; see also People v. Meyers (1994), 158 Ill. 2d 46.) Where indictments use the disjunctive \"or\u201d to join disparate and alternative acts, the performance of any one of which constitutes the offense, the indictments will be void for duplicity. People v. Capitol News, Inc. (1990), 137 Ill. 2d 162, 560 N.E.2d 303; People v. Eagle Books, Inc. (1992), 151 Ill. 2d 235, 602 N.E.2d 798; People v. Heard (1970), 47 Ill. 2d 501, 266 N.E.2d 340.\nWhen attacked for the first time on appeal, a complaint is sufficient if it apprised the accused of the precise offense charged with sufficient specificity to prepare his defense and allow pleading a resulting conviction as a bar to future prosecution arising out of the same conduct. People v. Pujoue (1975), 61 Ill. 2d 335, 339, 335 N.E.2d 437, 440.\nWe recently dealt with this issue in People v. King (1993), 253 Ill. App. 3d 705 (petition for leave to appeal pending). Following our holding in King, we believe the indictment was sufficient to meet the Pujoue test.\nWe believe the facts of this case cannot be distinguished from those of People v. King (1993), 253 Ill. App. 3d 705, and consequently, we conclude the King case is controlling authority.\nFor the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the circuit court of Peoria County is affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nSLATER, P.J., and LYTTON, J., concur.",
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      "Kenneth D. Brown, of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.",
      "Kevin W. Lyons, State\u2019s Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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    "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HANK BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.\nThird District\nNo. 3 \u2014 93\u20140174\nOpinion filed March 23, 1994.\nKenneth D. Brown, of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.\nKevin W. Lyons, State\u2019s Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Judith Z. Kelly, both of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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