People v. Radford

*3 ¶ 1 A jury convicted defendant, Tavarius D. Radford, of felony child endangerment ( 720 ILCS 5/12-21.6(a) (West 2010) ), for which the trial court sentenced him to 42 months in prison. Defendant now appeals his conviction. First, defendant argues that the State's evidence failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Second, he contends that the trial court plainly erred by issuing a child endangerment jury instruction that misstated the requisite mens rea or, in the alternative, counsel provided ineffective assistance by not objecting to the instruction. Finally, defendant claims the…