Legal Opinion
People v. Wrencher
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 11, 2009No. 4-08-0619 RelPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Appleton
A jury found defendant, Raymond Wrencher, guilty of two counts of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4(b)(18) (West Supp. 2007)). The trial court sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment for each count, ordering that the terms run consecutively.
Defendant appeals on two grounds: (1) the trial court violated Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b) (eff. May 1, 2007) during voir dire by failing to adequately question the potential jurors on the four principles in Rule 431(b), and (2) the State failed to present sufficient evidence that defendant’s act of spitting on a police officer was “physical…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Washington v. RecuencoSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- People v. HerronIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. BowensAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- DE LEON CASTELLANOS v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
- People v. WrencherAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- People v. WrencherIllinois Supreme Court · 2011
- People v. WrencherAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.