· 6/11/1992
People v. Leahy
Citations
- 595 N.E.2d 198
- 229 Ill. App. 3d 1070
- 172 Ill. Dec. 135
- 1992 Ill. App. LEXIS 906
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The linchpin is the absence of evidence that the defendant faced a battery on a public way resulting in great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement” (emphasis in original)
- “When the legislature designated a subset of aggravated batteries that would justify deadly force, it clearly demonstrated that it did not mean to provide a justification in the case of any battery upon a public way.”
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Judges: Geiger
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