PEOPLE v. FIELDS

No. 5-00-0243.

751 N.E.2d 97 (2001)

322 Ill. App.3d 1029

256 Ill.Dec. 44

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Faygie FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Motion to Publish Granted June 15, 2001.

June 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke E. Bowman, Chicago, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Farris, State's Attorney, Cairo; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Rule 23 Order Filed May 22, 2001.

Presiding Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 12, 2000, the defendant, Faygie Fields, was tried before a jury and convicted of two counts of aggravated battery to corrections officers at Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms), where Fields was incarcerated. Fields was sentenced to four years' imprisonment to run consecutively with a previously imposed sentence. Fields contends on appeal that (1) the trial...

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