PEOPLE v. CARPENTER

No. 5-88-0793.

581 N.E.2d 683 (1991)

221 Ill. App.3d 58

163 Ill.Dec. 529

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kevin L. CARPENTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Alling, State's Atty., Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Gerry R. Arnold, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald A. Niemann, Centralia, for defendant-appellee.


Presiding Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Kevin Carpenter was charged in the circuit court of Jefferson County with four counts of home invasion and one count of residential burglary. A summary of the facts adduced at trial is as follows. The defendant forced his way into the residence of Ted Steele, with whom the defendant's ex-wife, Debra Carpenter, was living. The defendant was armed with a shortened baseball bat. Debra went to the kitchen to...

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