PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 4-02-0408.

804 N.E.2d 116 (2004)

345 Ill. App.3d 1064

281 Ill.Dec. 490

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard T. TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Rebecca I. Levy, Assistant Defender (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Richard T. Taylor.

Barney S. Bier, State's Attorney, Quincy, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Thomas R. Ewick, Staff Attorney (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 2002, a jury convicted defendant, Richard T. Taylor, of criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-13(a)(2) (West 2000)) for committing an act of sexual penetration on the victim, N.C., by placing his fingers in her vagina while she was unable to give consent because she was asleep. The trial court later sentenced him to seven years in prison.

Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the State failed to...

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