People v. Alexander

PRESIDING JUSTICE WOMBACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court found the defendant, William Alexander, guilty of burglary, aggravated battery, and criminal damage to property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 19 — 1(a), 12 — 4(b)(8), 21 — 1(a)). The court then sentenced him to concurrent terms of 12, 5, and 6 years, respectively. The pro se defendant appeals.

According to the trial record, Carol Able testified that shortly after midnight on March 6, 1987, she was driving south on old Route 45 from Kankakee to Ashkum. When she was between Kankakee and Chebanse, she noticed a…