People v. Graves

Defendant was charged by a three-count information with attempt murder, aggravated battery based on great bodily harm and aggravated battery based on the use of a deadly weapon.

Following a jury trial, he was acquitted of the first two counts and convicted of count III, aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4(b)(1)), and was sentenced to a term of four years imprisonment.

On appeal, he contends that: (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the information upon which he was convicted is fatally defective because it fails to sufficiently set forth the…