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PEOPLE v. HELM

No. 54507.

89 Ill.2d 34 (1981)

431 N.E.2d 1033

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CINDY HELM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Basil Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Robert J. Biderman and Debra A. Buchman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Baird, Latendresse, McCarthy & Rowden, of Decatur (Lloyd F. Latendresse, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Decatur police arrested the defendant, Cindy Helm, at her home at 3 a.m. on a battery charge filed by her ex-husband. He claimed she had hit him in the eye with her fist. The defendant was in bed when police arrived, and when told that she would have to go to the station, Helm dressed, picked up her purse, and accompanied the officers to the station. There, a female desk clerk took her purse...

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