PEOPLE v. LEONARD

No. 1-06-2501.

879 N.E.2d 414 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James LEONARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Grossman, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Kathleen Warnick, Taj Lamar Smith, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant James Leonard was convicted of indecent solicitation of a child and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that neither his identity as the offender nor his intent to engage in sexual conduct with a child was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. He also contends that his sentence was excessive. We affirm.

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