People v. Pettit

Steven Pettit, Robert Carr, Jr., and Gerald Rein were charged by information in the circuit court of Winnebago County with home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12 — 11(a)(1)), and Pettit was also charged with aggravated battery. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 12— 4(b)(1).

Pettit’s motion for severance was granted. Carr and Rein were convicted in a bench trial, and Pettit’s trial proceeded immediately thereafter before the same judge. Pettit was convicted of both charges. Each defendant’s post-trial motion was denied; Carr and Rein were each sentenced to eight years’…