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- Title: People v. Lucas
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 18, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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After a jury trial in the circuit court of Macoupin County, Russell Lucas was convicted of aggravated battery. His motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial were denied, and he was sentenced to an extended term of six years with a one-year mandatory supervised-release provision under section 5-5-3.2 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2). The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, reversed and remanded for a new trial. (85 Ill. App.3d 133.) We granted the People's petition for leave to appeal. Early in the morning of June 16, 1979, Larry Bowman was attacked in a crowded tavern in Carlinville. He suffered severe and multiple facial lacerations that required sutures under his nostril and lip and on his cheek and neck. It appears that he was left with a scar from the area of his right eye to his neck. Bowman testified that the defendant approached him at the bar and asked if he would buy the defendant a drink, which Bowman declined to do because Bowman had been shut off earlier. Bowman stated that he looked away and then heard glass breaking. He testified that he turned in the direction of the sound and was struck with a glass by the defendant and knocked to the floor. Bowman, however, said he did not actually see the defendant swing at him, nor did he see a glass in the defendant's hand before or after the incident. There was no direct testimony that a broken glass was in the defendant's hand. A broken glass with jagged edges was later found on the floor, but it was thrown away by a bartender.
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