People v. Bitner

Defendant Mark Bitner was charged with intimidation, home invasion, and two counts of battery. After the intimidation charge was severed, the cause proceeded to a jury trial in the circuit court of Fulton County and defendant was convicted of home invasion and one count of battery. This appeal is from those convictions and defendant’s concurrent sentences of six years and 364 days in the Department of Corrections.

The incident from which the charges at bar stem occurred during the early morning hours of September 4, 1979, at a house occupied by eight community college students in Canton,…