PEOPLE v. CORDOVA

No. 79-89.

83 Ill. App.3d 147 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 788

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELIAS CORDOVA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verlin R.F. Meinz, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Elias Cordova, from a judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated battery. After the jury found the defendant guilty, he was sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment of three years.

The evidence adduced at the trial supported the charge that the defendant stabbed a fellow inmate of the Stateville Correctional Center. There was...

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