People v. McClendon

Defendant, together with eight other persons, was charged in the circuit court of Vermilion County with the offenses of mob action and aggravated battery in violation of sections 25 — 1(c) and 12 — 4(b)(8) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 25 — 1(c), 12 — 4(b)(8)). Five of the persons so charged entered pleas of guilty. Defendant and two others were tried by a jury. The record does not indicate any disposition as to the ninth person.

The jury returned verdicts finding defendant guilty on both charges and he was sentenced by the trial court to three years’…