PEOPLE v. SOMMERVILLE

No. 2-88-0696.

193 Ill. App.3d 161 (1990)

549 N.E.2d 1315

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM E. SOMMERVILLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed January 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, and Daniel D. Yuhas and Gary R. Peterson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Gary V. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Geneva (William L. Browers, Robert J. Biderman, and Linda Susan McClain, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Sommerville, was charged by information with aggravated criminal sexual assault. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12-14.) Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of the offense and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. We reverse and remand.

The following evidence was adduced at trial. The complainant...

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