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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 51797.

79 Ill.2d 269 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 224

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH JONES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and C. David Vogel, State's Attorney, of Pontiac (Donald B. Mackay, Thomas E. Holum and Sandra L. Devine, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marc D. Towler and Robert J. Biderman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and David Bergschneider, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

In October of 1976 Elizabeth Jones was found guilty after a jury trial in the circuit court of Livingston County of having committed aggravated battery against a correctional officer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 12-4(b)(6)) at the Dwight Correctional Center. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, but...

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