Roberson v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was found guilty of committing an aggravated assault upon Cook County Deputy Sheriff Wesley Griner “by pointing a 20-gauge shotgun, a deadly weapon, at the person of Wesley Griner and threatening to shoot said Wesley Griner with said deadly weapon.” This appeal is taken from the denial of the appellant’s motion for new trial.

On the date alleged in the indictment, Griner was dispatched to investigate a domestic dispute reported to be in progress at the appellant’s residence in Cook County. Upon his arrival at the scene, he heard a woman scream and…