People v. Hughes

Defendant, Roosevelt Hughes, was found guilty of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4) and sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant now appeals. We reverse and remand for a Batson hearing with instructions to the trial court.

The issues that defendant raises for review are: (1) whether the trial court’s finding that defendant failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination by the State in the exercise of its peremptory challenges is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) whether the trial court properly…