People v. Carrillo

The defendant, Isaac J. Carrillo, was charged by indictment with attempted murder, home invasion, and armed violence predicated on aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8—4(a), 12—11, 33A—2, 12—4(a).) At the close of the State’s case, the court directed a verdict of acquittal on the home-invasion charge. The jury found the defendant not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of armed violence. The defendant was sentenced to the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six years.

The testimony at trial tended to establish that on the evening of July…