People v. Bradshaw

After a trial by jury in the circuit court of Champaign County, defendant was convicted of battery and sentenced to 270 days’ imprisonment. He was acquitted of aggravated assault in the same proceedings. On appeal he contends the court erred in refusing his tendered instruction on self-defense and in denying his motion in limine with reference to his 1977 conviction of assault with a deadly weapon. We affirm.

The charge arose from an incident at Innsbruck Lodge in Champaign County on the evening of September 13, 1980. The undisputed evidence was that at about 5 p.m. on that date defendant’s…