PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 63970.

118 Ill.2d 501 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 1070

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWARD E. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Dan W. Evers, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellant.

No appearance for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Edward E. Johnson, was charged in St. Clair County with the offense of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 11-4.1.) At his trial, the testimony of the five-year-old complaining witness and her seven-year-old brother was recorded on videotape for presentation to the jury. The defendant was not present in the courtroom when the complaining...

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