People v. Butler

After a jury found defendant, Henry Butler, guilty of aggravated battery, the circuit court of Peoria County, on January 21, 1972, sentenced him for a term of from 2 to 8 years to the Department of Corrections.

On this appeal defendant argues: one, section 12 — 4(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, § 12 — 4(a)) is an improper delegation of the legislative authority and stands in violation of the equal protection clause; two, the defendant was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; three, the prosecutor’s closing argument went beyond nd misstated the evidence,…