PEOPLE v. MURPHY

No. 5-99-0535.

752 N.E.2d 19 (2001)

322 Ill. App.3d 271

256 Ill.Dec. 474

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Floyd E. MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Janet Gandy Fowler, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

Charles Garnati, State's Attorney, Marion, 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 HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Floyd E. Murphy (defendant) appeals from convictions of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1 (West 1998)) and aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(c)(1)(i) (West 1998)). Defendant claims that he was deprived of a fair trial due to the admission of hearsay evidence concerning the child victim's statements made to a police officer and the child's mother. Defendant also argues...

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