People v. Kosyla

The defendants, Stanley Kosyla and Joyce Kosyla, his wife, were convicted in three misdemeanor cases in the circuit court of Lake County.

Cause No. 2 — 84—0726 is an appeal by Stanley Kosyla from his conviction on five counts of battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3(a)(1)). He was sentenced to serve one year of conditional discharge and to perform 150 hours of public service.

These convictions arose out of an altercation between the defendant and a neighbor, Mrs. Frederica Potts, and four of her children. The defendant grabbed Mrs. Potts, struck her on the chin, pushed her to the…