PEOPLE v. HENSON

No. 74-240.

32 Ill. App.3d 717 (1975)

336 N.E.2d 264

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORA HENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

October 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and Daniel M. Kirwan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a conviction after a jury trial for having taken indecent liberties with a child, age six, on January 5, 1974. The main witnesses for the State were the child and her mother. The child was allowed to testify only after a hearing had been held out of the presence of the jury and the trial court had determined that the young child was competent to testify...

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