Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Roosevelt Hughes, was found guilty of aggravated battery (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12-4), and sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant now appeals. We reverse and remand for a Batson hearing with instructions to the trial court.
The issues that defendant raises for review are: (1) whether the trial court's finding that defendant failed to establish...
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