Illinois Supreme Court· 11/18/1980

People v. Davis

Citations

413 N.E.2d 413
82 Ill. 2d 534
45 Ill. Dec. 935
1980 Ill. LEXIS 440

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holding that “the defendant breached the peace of the complainant and her granddaughter-in-law by unreasonably invading their right not to be harassed” by waiving papers at them and “compel[ing them] to hear [his] indirect threat.”
affirming conviction where defendant entered home of elderly invalid and implicitly threatened her with harm if she testified against his brother
finding that the defendant’s conduct in waving papers at an elderly woman, who had previously sworn out a complaint against the defendant’s brother, inside her home, saying “ ‘If [my brother goes to jail, Miss Pearl, you know me’ ” was sufficiently threatening
rejecting the defendant’s claim a variance between the charging instrument and proof at trial vitiated his conviction where he failed to claim that he withheld evidence or was otherwise prejudiced in preparing his defense
defendant committed disorderly conduct by entering woman’s home, waiving sheets of paper at her, and telling her that if her complaint were prosecuted he would carry out undefined threat
fact that victim was an 81-year-old invalid was one of the surrounding circumstances supporting a finding of disorderly conduct

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Judges: Clark

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