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PEOPLE v. BOYKIN

No. 57393.

94 Ill.2d 138 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 1174

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BARBARA BOYKIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry, and Paula Carstensen, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Cook County (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

John F. McCarthy, of Chicago, and Howard H. Braverman, of Springfield (McCarthy & Levin, of Chicago, of counsel), for amici curiae the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.

Appellate court affirmed; circuit court vacated; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Barbara Boykin, was charged by complaint with the misdemeanor offense of battery, in violation of section 12-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12-3). Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, she was found guilty and sentenced to six months' probation. She subsequently moved to reduce...

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