People v. Taylor

Defendant, Stephen M. Taylor, was found guilty after a jury trial of committing the offense of battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3) upon a police officer and was sentenced to 2Pa months’ supervision. He appeals, contending an instruction tendered by him was erroneously refused and that the offense of battery may not be found where defendant was unlawfully arrested while engaged in protected first amendment activity.

Officer Michael Donnenwirth of the Waukegan Police Department testified that on August 24, 1981, he was dispatched to a street corner in the city where he…