Wife's vacation-rage conviction stands Punched mother-in-law while demanding trip start at 5 p.m.

Anne LaBarbara would not be denied her vacation.

The Niles woman stormed into her husband's workplace, repeatedlypunched her mother-in-law and smashed framed pictures over the headof another woman, according to court documents. Throughout therampage in August 2002, she demanded that her husband shut down thefactory he was running so they could leave on time for their familyvacation, documents say.

LaBarbara, 42, was convicted of battery and sentenced to a year'sprobation. She hoped to have it overturned, saying she wasn'tconvicted beyond a reasonable doubt. But the Appellate Court ofIllinois on Tuesday ruled against her.

The court rejected her plea that because …