PEOPLE EX REL. RYAN v. ROE

No. 93370.

778 N.E.2d 701 (2002)

201 Ill.2d 552

268 Ill.Dec. 435

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois ex rel. James E. RYAN, Petitioner, v. John B. ROE et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for petitioner.

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Bruce Kirkham, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for respondent Jeremiah Pasewaldt.


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 30, 1998, the defendant, Jeremiah Pasewaldt, was arrested and charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (see 720 ILCS 5/12-14.1(a)(1) (West 2000)) after he attacked an 11-year-old girl in his garage. On June 8, 1999, the defendant appeared in court to enter a guilty plea and receive a recommended eight-year sentence pursuant to an agreement with the State.

The State offered, and...

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