PEOPLE v. PRUITT

No. 2-87-0537.

166 Ill. App.3d 679 (1988)

520 N.E.2d 1113

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES L. PRUITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis J. Perko, of Harlovic & Perko, of West Dundee, for appellant.

Thomas F. Baker, State's Attorney, of Woodstock (William L. Browers and June E. Hartman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of McHenry County convicted defendant, Charles Pruitt, of the offense of resisting a peace officer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 31-1). Defendant appeals, contending that the State failed to prove that the officers' attempt to arrest the defendant was an authorized act and that numerous instances of alleged misconduct by the prosecutor denied him a fair...

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