People v. White

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Michael White, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. He was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County and found guilty of aggravated battery but acquitted of attempted murder. He was sentenced to a term of one to three years.

The issues on review are whether the conviction on one count and acquittal on another are legally inconsistent, whether there was a violation of defendant’s constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy, whether one count of the indictment was void because it…