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PEOPLE v. FORT

Gen. No. 53,763.

119 Ill. App.2d 350 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 63

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

January 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Gillis, of Chicago, for appellant.

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

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Bennie Fort was indicted for aggravated battery. One count of the indictment charged him with causing great bodily harm, the other with using a deadly weapon. In a jury trial, he was acquitted on the first count, convicted on the second and sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary.

He contends that the evidence did not sustain...

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