People v. Calhoun

PRESIDING JUSTICE APPLETON

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State charged defendant, Jeremy I. Calhoun, with aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.3(a) (West 2004)). The child, defendant’s two-month-old son, was taken to the hospital. After medical examinations were performed on the child, the hospital personnel discovered old and new hemorrhages on the child’s brain, suspected he was the victim of shaken-baby syndrome, and contacted the police. Police officers responded to the hospital where they met with defendant. The officers took defendant to the police station for an…