People v. Plum

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Joseph Plum was charged with battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 12—3) and convicted after a jury trial. He was sentenced to 2 years probation with the first 6 months to be served in the House of Correction.

The record reveals that on the evening of March 9,1975, the defendant was arrested at the Loading Zone Bar. Lieutenant Manley, one of the arresting officers, explained the events surrounding the arrest and testified that the defendant resisted and had to be restrained because he impeded the officers’ attempts to search…