People v. Young

Defendant, Alvin L. Young, appeals from his convictions of two counts of domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 3.2(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2002)). He contends that the State failed to prove an element of that offense, that the victim was a “family or household member” (720 ILCS 5/12 — 3.2(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2002)) and that the dual convictions violate the one-act, one-crime rule because the State did not try to prove two separate acts of battery. We agree with defendant and therefore vacate one of the convictions and reduce the remaining conviction to one for the lesser included offense of battery…