PEOPLE v. ECKERT

No. 5-87-0371.

194 Ill. App.3d 667 (1990)

551 N.E.2d 820

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELMER ECKERT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Michelle A. Zalisko, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, and Anthony J. Peraica, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial before a jury in the criminal court of St. Clair County, Elmer Eckert was found guilty of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and sentenced to serve 14 years' imprisonment concurrently on each count.

The victim in this case was defendant's 13-year-old daughter. The victim testified at trial that the defendant first sexually assaulted her when she was...

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