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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 51073.

75 Ill.2d 180 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. EUGENE WAYNE JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Fahey, State's Attorney, of Danville (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Robert C. Perry and Marc D. Towler, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, of Springfield (Barbara A. Chasnoff, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Vermilion County, the defendant, Eugene Wayne Johnson, was convicted of battery and cruelty to children, and acquitted of aggravated battery. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years. Though defendant raised numerous issues in the appellate court, the court addressed only defendant's contention...

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