Appellate Court of Illinois July 30, 2003, 4-02-0075 Rel (People v. Smith)

JUSTICE APPLETON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lynda Smith, was an inmate at Dwight Correctional Center. The State charged her with aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4(b)(6) (West 2000)) in that she “threw a liquid substance upon Randall Toliver, knowing [him] to be a correctional institutional employee who was engaged in the execution of his official duties.