People v. Satterthwaite

Following a September 11, 1978, jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant Harry Satterthwaite was convicted of the offenses of unlawful restraint and battery and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 3 years and 364 days for the respective offenses. On appeal, he contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove the offense of unlawful restraint, and (2) misstatement of evidence and improper comments by the State during its closing argument denied him a fair trial.

The pertinent evidence may be summarized as follows: At approximately 10:35 a.m. on June 28,…