PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 3-86-0101.

149 Ill. App.3d 465 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 728

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CEDRIC JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed November 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Edward Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Rita Kennedy Mertel, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Cedric Johnson, was convicted of aggravated battery and armed violence based upon aggravated battery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 12-4(b)(8), 33A-2.) He was sentenced to 12 years for armed violence and a concurrent four years for aggravated battery. The defendant appeals, arguing that prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial...

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