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PEOPLE v. COOKSON

No. 95491.

830 N.E.2d 484 (2005)

215 Ill.2d 194

294 Ill.Dec. 72

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Donald COOKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Robert N. Markfield, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellee Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, and John P. Schmidt, State's Attorney, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Lisa Anne Hoffman and Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with predatory criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1(a)(1) (West 1998)) and aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(c)(1)(i) (West 1998)) of A.C. (A.C. or complainant), then seven years old. Before trial, the State moved to introduce several hearsay statements given by A.C. relating to the alleged assaults. 725 ILCS 5/115-10 (West 1998). Following a hearing held pursuant to...

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