People v. Baldwin

Docket No. 90433–Agenda 9–November 2001.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIE BALDWIN, Appellant.

Opinion filed February 7, 2002.

In March 1999, the State charged defendant with four counts of home invasion. 720 ILCS 5/12–11(a) (West 1998). Following a bench trial, the trial court rendered a general finding acquitting defendant on all four counts but found him guilty of aggravated unlawful restraint (720 ILCS 5/10–3.1 (West 1998)) and aggravated assault (720 ILCS 5/12–2(a)(1) (West 1998)). Defendant filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that the trial court erroneously…