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PEOPLE v. VEATCH

No. 2-84-1130.

145 Ill. App.3d 23 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 674

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOROTHY VEATCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed July 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Fabing and John E. McNeal, both of Warsawsky, McNeal & Associates, of Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Kenneth R. Boyle, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, William L. Browers, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Elgin, and Barbara J. Slingerland, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Dorothy Veatch, was found guilty of resisting a police officer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 31-1) and was placed on one year of supervision and fined $100. She appeals, contending the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defenses of necessity, use of force in defense of another and ignorance or mistake; defendant also...

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