McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.
Defendant was accused, tried and convicted of aggravated battery and aggravated assault. The trial court vacated the aggravated assault conviction by merging it with the aggravated battery conviction and sentenced defendant to serve 20 years in confinement. This appeal followed the denial of defendant's motion for a new trial. Held:
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