People v. Peck

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that 720 ILCS 5/12-3 defines battery as making offensive contact with a victim “by any means,” which encompasses spitting at a peace officer
• “[The] defendant’s spitting in the face of a police officer in this case clearly amounts to insulting or provoking contact.”
• “Although we can envision contexts in which a defendant’s spitting might not constitute insulting or provoking behavior, defendant’s spitting in the face of a police officer in this case clearly amounts to insulting or provoking contact.”
• “Although we can envision contexts in which a defendant’s spitting might not constitute insulting or provoking behavior, defendant’s spitting in the face of a police officer in this case clearly amounts to insulting or provoking contact.”
• there, this court held that spitting in the face of a police officer amounted to aggravated battery, noting that section 12-3(a)(2) defined battery as physical contact \by any means\ that is sufficiently \insulting or provoking\ (720 ILCS 5/12-3(a)(2
• spitting on another can constitute a battery

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).