PEOPLE v. CHOATE

No. 78-300.

71 Ill. App.3d 267 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 670

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLARENCE CHOATE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Constance and Edward J. Szewczyk, both of Belleville, for appellant.

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Curtis L. Blood, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and vacated in part.

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

Defendant Clarence Choate appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Randolph County entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of three charges of aggravated battery. Following a sentencing hearing, at which defendant elected to be sentenced under the provisions of the new Illinois sentencing act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1977 Supp., ch. 38, par...

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