PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 55163.

4 Ill. App.3d 539 (1972)

281 N.E.2d 451

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT WILLIE JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

March 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Adam and Edward M. Genson, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and George Pappas, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Roosevelt Willie Johnson, was charged by complaint with aggravated assault in that he fired a "12 gauge shot gun or rifle" at two members of the Chicago Police Department and thereby placed them in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery in violation of Section 12-2(a) (1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 12-2(a) (1)). In a trial...

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