PEOPLE v. ROKITA

No. 5-99-0453.

736 N.E.2d 205 (2000)

316 Ill. App.3d 292

249 Ill.Dec. 363

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederick M. ROKITA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke E. Bowman, Christopher L. Garrett, Chicago, Therese H. Thien, Marion, for Appellant.

Michael Wepsiec, State's Attorney, Murphysboro, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Trent M. Marshall, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Frederick M. Rokita, was convicted in the circuit court of Jackson County of five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count each of home invasion, residential burglary, and theft, all arising out of an attack on C.S.

At a bench trial held on May 9, 1994, and presided over by the Honorable David W. Watt, Jr., C.S. testified that in...

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