PEOPLE v. LEGGANS

No. 5-91-0306.

625 N.E.2d 1133 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 724

193 Ill.Dec. 12

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles LEGGANS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Michelle A. Zalisko, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Charles Grace, State's Atty., Jackson County Courthouse, Murphysboro, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Scott A. Manuel, Staff Atty., Office of the State Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles Leggans, was charged in the circuit court of Jackson County with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault for the July 14, 1989, sexual assault of his niece, S.C., (count I) and the July 15, 1989, sexual assault of R.L., the daughter of defendant's fiancee (count II). Defendant's first jury trial in March of 1990 ended in a mistrial when the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. A second...

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