People v. Donnelly

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant Mark Donnelly was convicted of home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12—11(a)(2)) and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction, claiming (1) the State did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of entering the victim’s home without authority and, therefore, he could not be convicted of home invasion; (2) he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to tender an instruction for the lesser offenses of battery or…