People v. Johnson

The defendant, Roosevelt Willie Johnson, was charged by complaint with aggravated assault in that he fired a “12 gauge shot gun or rifle” at two members of the Chicago Police Department and thereby placed them in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery in violation of Section 12 — 2(a) (1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 12 — 2(a) (1)). In a trial without a jury, the defendant was found guilty as charged and sentenced to serve six months in the House of Correction.

On appeal, it is contended that (1) the defendant did not receive a fair trial because the…