PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Gen. No. 53,447.

114 Ill. App.2d 415 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 674

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Power, of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and L. Michael Getty, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

In a bench trial defendant was found guilty of aggravated battery, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to five years. On appeal he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecuting witness, Quiller Ratcliff, testified that on June 28, 1967, at about 5:30 p.m., he went to the apartment of a man he...

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