People v. Henson

Defendant, Betty Henson, appeals from her conviction, entered in the circuit court of Hamilton County, of two counts of the felony offense of mutilation of election materials (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 46, par. 29—6).

The testimony introduced during the bench trial revealed the following facts. On October 14, 1982, the defendant, a candidate for the office of County Clerk, and Betty Willis visited the home of Opal Prince. Harold Wayne Prince, Opal’s son, a mentally disabled person who could not read but was able to write his name, and Otha Boykin, who could not read or write but could also…