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PEOPLE v. FORT

Gen. No. 52,142.

91 Ill. App.2d 212 (1968)

234 N.E.2d 384

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeff Fort, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

January 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Patner and Alfred R. Lipton, of Chicago, for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Barth H. Goldberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was charged with the crime of resisting or obstructing a peace officer (Ill. Rev Stats, c 38, § 31-1 (1965)) and after a trial by the court he was found guilty and sentenced to serve thirty days in the House of Correction. He appeals and contends that the testimony of the arresting officer should be disregarded as self-contradictory and that in any event he (the defendant) was justified in...

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