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PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 79-842.

91 Ill. App.3d 163 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 249

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PETRO BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and David Morris, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Daniel Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Mr. JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Petro Brown, was convicted in a bench trial of taking indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 11-4). Defendant appeals, asserting that the trial court failed to determine the competency of an eight-year-old prosecution witness; that defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel; and that, in sentencing defendant...

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