PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 2-90-0023.

586 N.E.2d 1326 (1992)

224 Ill. App.3d 1017

167 Ill.Dec. 54

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Robert EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Carmody, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Van R. Richards, Jr. (Mary Robinson (argued), Robinson & Skelnik, Elgin, for James Edwards.

Gary V. Johnson, Kane County State's Atty., Geneva, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor (argued), Elgin, for the People.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Robert Edwards, appeals from his conviction of aggravated sexual assault. Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Kane County, defendant was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The issues presented for review are whether: (1) the court abused its discretion when it found the five-year-old victim competent to testify about events that occurred at age three; (2) the court erred in barring...

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