People v. Lee

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the offenses of battery, aggravated battery, and retail theft under $150. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 12 — 3, 12 — 4(b)(8); 16A — 39(a).) He was sentenced to concurrent terms of two years’ imprisonment for aggravated battery and 180 days’ imprisonment for retail theft, with 78 days’ credit for time served in incarceration. Defendant appeals, arguing his conviction for aggravated battery must be reduced to battery because the evidence does not show that either he or the complaining witness were on or about a “public place of…