People v. Connelly

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of McDonough County, defendants George Connelly and Paul Hayes were convicted of criminal trespass to land and aggravated battery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, pars. 21 — 3(a), 12 — 4(a).) They were sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for trespass and one to three years in prison for aggravated battery. On appeal defendants challenge their aggravated battery convictions, claiming they were not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

About noon on June 27, 1976, Lloyd Hall and Gary Haskins began drinking beer in front of Hall’s home in Macomb,…