Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, the defendant, James O. Richards, was convicted of indecent liberties with a child in violation of section 11-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 11-4). He was subsequently sentenced to a term of 4 to 20 years' imprisonment.
On appeal, the defendant argues that the State's jury instruction which made reference to prior...
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