PEOPLE v. FALK

Gen. No. 53,541.

121 Ill. App.2d 1 (1970)

257 N.E.2d 175

The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John J. Falk, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

February 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Short and Cervelli, of Chicago (Richard J. Short, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Thomas E. Holum, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, John J. Falk, was indicted on March 18, 1968, for the offenses of deviate sexual assault and indecent liberties with a child. After a bench trial, he was found not guilty of deviate sexual assault and guilty of indecent liberties with a child. He was sentenced to five years probation.

Defendant's principal contention on appeal is that the testimony of the fourteen-year-old prosecuting...

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