People v. Clausell

NO. 4-07-0997 Filed 10/31/08 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Adams County DONTE M. CLAUSELL, ) No. 07CF395 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Scott H. Walden, ) Judge Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court: In September 2007, a jury acquitted defendant, Donte M. Clausell, of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b)(8) (West 2006)) and convicted him of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 2006))…