People v. Doe

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Ronald Richardson was convicted under the Criminal Code of 1961 of home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12—11(a)(2)) and aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12—4(b)(1)). He received concurrent sentences of 30 years’ imprisonment for home invasion and five years’ imprisonment for aggravated battery, and on appeal, he raises the following four issues: (1) whether the trial court erred when it instructed the jury on the definition of a dangerous weapon; (2) whether he was…