People v. Whitaker

This is an appeal from an order of conviction entered after a jury trial by the Circuit Court of Henry County. Defendant was found guilty of two counts of armed violence, aggravated battery and reckless conduct. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment on one count of armed violence.

In the early morning hours of May 3,1979, Roberta Fox left her home in Geneseo, Illinois, to pick up her husband, who was working in Bettendorf, Iowa. She drove to Route 92 where she turned west. She had driven one-quarter mile when she saw a car with its bright lights on approaching her from behind at a high…