People v. Franklin

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated battery, after the entry of pleas of not guilty to charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery, and trial before a jury, with sentence in the Illinois State Penitentiary of four (4) to eight (8) years.

Lawrence Humphrey, the complaining witness, testified that on December 19, 1963, at approximately noon, defendant threatened him with physical harm unless he left alone one Charlene DeLees, allegedly the object of defendant’s stepfather’s affections; that later that day, while in the company of Miss DeLees, he entered a car containing…