People v. Pickett

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Herman Pickett, defendant, tided by a jury, was found guilty of resisting arrest (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 31 — 1) and acquitted of a battery charge. Defendant was sentenced to one-year probation.

On appeal defendant raises the following issues for review: {i) was the complaint legally sufficient; (ii) did tire trial court improperly exclude a photograph of the defendant and evidence of a subsequent beating inflicted on defendant by one of the arresting officers; (iii) did two contradictory jury instructions confuse and…