People v. Handley

Defendant Ferrell Handley was convicted by an Adams County jury of two counts of aggravated battery, battery, and armed violence predicated on the felony of aggravated battery in a place of public amusement. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 4, 12 — 3, 33A — 2.) Defendant was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on the offense of armed violence and on appeal, raises vagueness and overbreadth challenges to section 12 — 4(b)(8) of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4(b)(8).) We affirm.

Briefly, the record indicates that on October 2, 1982, the defendant…