People v. Posedel

The defendant, Dale L. Posedel, appeals his conviction in a bench trial of two counts of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 12—4(a), (b)(1)) and his sentence to the Department of Corrections for a four-year term. He raises these issues: (1) whether the court committed reversible error when it refused to consider a prior inconsistent statement of a witness as substantive evidence under section 115—10.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (the Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 115—10.1); (2) whether the court erred in finding that the evidence proved him…