People v. Bilelegne

This appeals arises from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the offense of domestic battery.

Defendant, Sisay Bilelegne, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery to Y.W., an 11-year-old family member, in that “he struck him in the left shin with a baseball bat, struck him in the left knee with a hammer, and whipped him with an electric cord” on March 11, 2006, and “struck him with a stick across the leg on March 30, 2006.” Pursuant to an offer of two years’ probation, parenting classes, anger…