People v. Coty

Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury of aggravated battery. He raises as issues whether: the court improperly considered a prior conviction of defendant’s, subsequently reversed, in determining defendant’s sentence; defendant was improperly impeached by a subsequently reversed conviction; and the trial court erred in restricting defendant’s cross-examination of the complaining witness and her mother.

On October 19, 1979, defendant was arrested and charged with aggravated battery of Rowena Green, his girlfriend for the previous 3 years and the mother of their 1-year-old son. Evidence was…