PEOPLE v. DIESTELHORST

No. 5-02-0218.

801 N.E.2d 1146 (2003)

344 Ill.App.3d 1172

280 Ill.Dec. 201

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley G. DIESTELHORST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

As Modified December 23, 2003.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Larry R. Wells, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, non, for Appellant.

James Roberts, State's Attorney, Hillsboro; 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 GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Montgomery County, the defendant, Wesley G. Diestelhorst, a convicted child sex offender, was convicted of three counts of improper approaching, contacting, or communicating with a child within a public park zone by a child sex offender in violation of section 11-9.4(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (the Code) (720 ILCS 5/11-9.4(a) (West 2000)). The defendant was...

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