PEOPLE v. CHRISTY

No. 69329.

564 N.E.2d 770 (1990)

139 Ill.2d 172

151 Ill.Dec. 315

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ben CHRISTY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Gary L. Spencer, State's Atty., Morrison (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Jack Donatelli, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, John X. Breslin, and Nancy Rink Carter, of the Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Catherine M. Fitzsimmons, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.


Chief Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ben Christy, was charged by information in the circuit court of Whiteside County with one count of armed violence, two counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in violation of sections 33A-2, 10-1(a)(1) and 12-16(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 33A-2, 10-1(a)(1), 12-16(a)(1)). Following a bench trial, the circuit court...

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