PEOPLE v. BRATCHER

No. 47680.

63 Ill.2d 534 (1976)

349 N.E.2d 31

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ERNEST LEE BRATCHER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Thomas Connors, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Jerry Finney, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield (Richard J. Geddes, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


App. ct. aff'd in pt. and rev. in pt.; cir. ct. aff'd.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant, Ernest Lee Bratcher, was convicted of one count of aggravated battery and sentenced to 2 to 10 years in the penitentiary. The conviction resulted from the charge that defendant struck Officer Robert Moore while the officer was performing official duties. Defendant was acquitted...

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