PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 1-89-2677.

584 N.E.2d 397 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 774

165 Ill.Dec. 218

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John ROGERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Randall Roberts, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Stephanie L. Ellbogen, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, John Rogers, was convicted of heinous battery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 12-4.1) and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that grain alcohol is not a caustic substance as required for conviction under the heinous battery statute.

During the early morning hours of April 17, 1988, complainant Veronique Gill was in a room at the Camelot Hotel in...

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