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PEOPLE v. SWARTZ

No. 4-88-0624.

186 Ill. App.3d 399 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 515

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONALD SWARTZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed July 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Morthland, Assistant Public Defender, of Decatur, for appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Peter C. Drummond, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

A Macon County jury convicted the defendant of one count of battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12-3(a)(1)), and the court ordered that he be placed on supervision for a period of six months and pay a fine of $100, plus court costs. We reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.

At the trial on June 22, 1988, the complainant, Constance Feger, testified that on...

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