People v. Veatch

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Dorothy Veatch, was found guilty of resisting a police officer (HI. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 31 — 1) and was placed on one year of supervision and fined $100. She appeals, contending the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defenses of necessity, use of force in defense of another and ignorance or mistake; defendant also contends the court erred in refusing admission in evidence of certain photographs offered in support of her defenses.

The evidence at trial disclosed that on April…