People v. Logston

On November 23, 1988, following a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant Tony Lee Logston was convicted of aggravated battery in that, in committing a battery, he knowingly caused bodily harm to a person “on or about a *** public place of accommodation or amusement,” here, the Winner’s Lounge. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12—4(b)(8).) He was subsequently sentenced to an extended term of 10 years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant maintains on appeal he was denied his constitutional right to have the jury determine the facts of his case when the trial court…