People v. Biederman

The defendant was found guilty by a Winnebago County jury of aggravated battery and mob action on May 9, 1980. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 4(b) and 25 — 1(a)(1).) The charges resulted from defendant’s participation in a counterdemonstration against a Nazi rally held in Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Illinois, on September 15, 1979, during which a police officer was injured. Defendant’s motions for a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied. The court sentenced the defendant to a 12-month period of conditional discharge on July 11,1980, for the aggravated…