People v. Potts

Defendant, Steven Potts, was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12—14(a)(2)) in a jury trial. The trial court subsequently denied defendant’s post-trial motion and sentenced him to nine years’ imprisonment. This timely appeal followed.

Defendant raises six issues: (1) whether defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) whether defendant was denied a fair trial due to juror misconduct; (3) whether the trial court correctly refused to tender defendant’s battery instructions; (4) whether the prosecutor’s closing argument denied…