PEOPLE v. WILDER

No. 4-85-0757.

146 Ill. App.3d 586 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 1182

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS WILDER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied September 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and David Bergschneider, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

James R. Benson, State's Attorney, of Paxton (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Denise M. Ambrose, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Wilder was convicted by a jury of criminal sexual abuse.

He appeals, arguing (1) the circuit court erred in excluding, pursuant to the rape shield statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 115-7(a)), evidence pertaining to the victim's sexual activities with persons other than himself which he sought to introduce in support of an explanation of the victim's physical condition following...

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