People v. Davis

Defendant Joshua T. Davis was found guilty of armed violence (720 ILCS 5/33A — 2 (West 1992)), aggravated battery (great bodily harm) (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4 (West 1998)), and battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 3 (West 1998)), after it was stipulated at a bench trial, in the circuit court of Henry County, that, on July 2, 1998, defendant shot BBs from a Crossman .177-caliber pellet/BB gun at Matthew Mulder and Cody Junior. Although Mulder sustained only minor injuries, Junior lost his left eye. The trial court found that the pellet/BB gun used by defendant was a category I dangerous weapon within the…