People v. Johnson

In a bench trial defendant was found guilty of aggravated battery, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to five years. On appeal he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The prosecuting witness, Quiller Ratcliff, testified that on June 28, 1967, at about 5:30 p. m., he went to the apartment of a man he knew as “Sonny Boy,” purportedly to see his girl friend of eight months, Bennie Will Shephard, who was Sonny Boy’s sister. After entering the apartment, Ratcliff went to the bedroom where Bennie Will was seated. There were other people in the…