Appellate Court of Illinois January 9, 1986, 84-1037 (People v. Whitt)

JUSTICE REINHARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Patrick E. Whitt, was charged in an amended information with three counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1), 9 — 1(a)(2), and 9 — 1(a)(3)) in causing the death of David M. Garrelts by striking him about the head and face with a baseball bat.