PEOPLE v. RAYFORD

No. 75-163.

43 Ill. App.3d 283 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 1274

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIE RAYFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Michael Mulder, and J. Daniel Stewart, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Donald E. Irvin, State's Attorney, of Mt. Vernon (Bruce D. Irish and Myra J. Brown, both of Illinois State's Attorney's Association, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson County, entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of the offense of aggravated battery. The court sentenced him to not less than two years nor more than six years in the State penitentiary.

As grounds for reversal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in excluding a witness offered...

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