PEOPLE v. ROPER

No. 81-2827.

116 Ill. App.3d 821 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 748

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES EARL ROPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed August 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Elizabeth Clark, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Michele A. Grimaldi, and Thomas Gearen, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, James Earl Roper, was convicted of two counts of battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12-3). Count 1 charged defendant with committing a battery upon one Nancy Chalmers (Chalmers) and count 2 charged him with committing a battery upon his estranged wife, Patricia Roper (Roper). The court sentenced defendant to concurrent one...

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