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PEOPLE v. HALE

No. 51627.

77 Ill.2d 114 (1979)

395 N.E.2d 929

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DENNIS HALE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago, and Ronald C. Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne Noel, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marc D. Towler and Robert J. Biderman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Fred B. Moore, of Livingston, Barger, Brandt, Slater & Schroeder, of Bloomington, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dennis Hale, was charged with the offense of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 12-4), in an information alleging that he "willfully, unlawfully and knowingly without legal justification, made physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature with Elijah Rusk, by striking him with his fist, knowing said Elijah Rusk to be a peace officer engaged...

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