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PEOPLE v. BENFORD

No. 59833.

31 Ill. App.3d 892 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 106

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ABRAHAM BENFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2d Division).

August 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Edmund B. Moran, Jr., Ronald P. Alwin, and Shelvin Singer, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Scott W. Petersen, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This was a prosecution for battery in which defendant waived trial by jury, was convicted and sentenced to 5 days of imprisonment. He appeals on a record that shows the following facts.

On the afternoon of Saturday, October 6, 1973, defendant was arrested when a woman complained that he attacked her in the ladies' lounge of the Shangri-La Theatre in Chicago. He was released...

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