PEOPLE v. DORN

No. 4-05-0865.

883 N.E.2d 584 (2008)

378 Ill. App.3d 693

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tyrone DORN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

January 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Robert N. Markfield, State Appellate Defender's Office, Springfield, for Appellant.

Thomas J. Brown, State's Attorney, Pontiac (Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman, and Denise M. Ambrose, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

In August 2005, a jury convicted defendant, Tyrone Dorn, of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b) (West 2002)) for spitting on a correctional institution officer. In October 2005, the trial court sentenced defendant to three years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing the court improperly instructed the jury on the definition of "knowingly." We affirm.

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