People v. Valentine

After a jury trial, defendant Benjamin Valentine (Valentine) was found guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault, attempted criminal sexual assault and home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 14, 8 — 4, 12 — 13, 12 — 11) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 55 years, 25 years and 7 years, respectively. He now appeals, alleging as error the following: (1) The prosecutor's violation of the so-called Bat-son rule (see Batson v. Kentucky (1986), 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69, 106 S. Ct. 1712), (2) the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on voluntary and involuntary…