People v. Ferguson

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant was found guilty of assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12 — 1) and placed on supervision for one year. In this appeal defendant contends that his conviction should be reversed because the State failed to prove that he placed the complaining witness in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.

The incident giving rise to the charge against defendant occurred on July 26, 1986, at the gate of the South Shore Country Club in Chicago. A Gospelfest program was underway there that afternoon, and the complaining…