People v. Gvojic

After a bench trial, defendant, Mile Gvojic, was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery. Subsequently, he was sentenced to a term of eight years’ incarceration. In this appeal, defendant asserts that the evidence presented by the State failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, that his conviction for aggravated battery based on the use of a deadly weapon was legally inconsistent with the trial court’s finding that the knife allegedly used was not a “dangerous weapon” and that aggravated battery is a lesser included offense of attempted murder when based on the same…