PEOPLE v. WALLS

No. 5-01-0771.

806 N.E.2d 712 (2004)

346 Ill. App.3d 1154

282 Ill.Dec. 415

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael A. WALLS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

March 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Dan W. Evers, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

Gary Duncan, State's Attorney; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, Staff Attorney, Office of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for the People.


Justice DONOVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Michael A. Walls, appeals his conviction of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Defendant raises the following three contentions on appeal to this court: (1) he was denied a fair trial when the court prevented him from presenting evidence attacking the complaining witness's credibility with a prior false accusation of a crime, (2) the trial was a nullity based on the use of a special assistant State's...

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