PEOPLE v. VARELA

No. 3-89-0275.

194 Ill. App.3d 357 (1990)

551 N.E.2d 318

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RUBEN VARELA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed February 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Tony L. Brasel, Special Prosecutor, of Watseka (Judith Z. Kelly, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Ruben Varela, was convicted of two counts of aggravated battery and sentenced to concurrent terms of fours years' imprisonment. The court also imposed a $25 fine. The defendant appeals.

The record reveals that on August 10, 1988, at about 8 p.m., Michael Coleman, the chief of police for the Village of Onarga...

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