PEOPLE v. FOSTER

No. 4-93-0201.

648 N.E.2d 337 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 572

207 Ill.Dec. 881

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sidney FOSTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Lawrence J. Essig, Asst. Defender, Springfield, Sidney Foster, Hillsboro, for appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Atty., Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Rebecca L. White, Staff Atty., Springfield, for appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In December 1992, a jury convicted defendant, Sidney Foster, of two counts of aggravated battery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 12-4(b)(8)), and the trial court later sentenced him to concurrent terms of four years in prison on each count. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court deprived him of a fair trial by refusing to permit him to present his affirmative...

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