PEOPLE v. BILELEGNE

No. 1-06-3213.

887 N.E.2d 564 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sisay BILELEGNE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, (James E. Fitzgerald, Mary L. Boland, Bobbie N. Sengupta, of counsel), for Appellee.

Amy E. Leonas, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which denied defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the offense of domestic battery.

Defendant, Sisay Bilelegne, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery to Y.W., an 11-year-old family member, in that "he struck him in the left shin with a baseball bat, struck him in the left knee with a hammer, and whipped...

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