People v. Jamison

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 3 counts of aggravated battery, for having punched a person in the face who was attempting to board a CTA bus, and for having grabbed the bus driver when he refused to drive. Evidence sufficient for jury to infer Defendant acted knowingly when he committed the batteries. No ineffective assistance of counsel, as no prejudice resulted from counsel failing to call 2 witnesses mentioned in opening statements. Denial of Batson challenges, which raised only that Defendant and venirepersons were African-American, was not against manifest weight of evidence. When defense counsel raised obj (CUNNINGHAM and CONNORS, concurring.)