PEOPLE v. DECKER

No. 4-83-0729.

126 Ill. App.3d 428 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 366

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHERRYL DECKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jane Raley, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Edward Litak, State's Attorney, of Danville (Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Paul, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and vacated in part.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Sherryl Decker, was tried by a jury, acquitted of attempted murder but convicted of two counts each of armed violence and aggravated battery, and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. The offenses occurred when a Vermilion County sheriff's deputy was trying to serve an arrest warrant for a minor offense on the defendant's husband; shooting broke out, and...

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