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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-05-0997.

875 N.E.2d 1256 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Paul Rathburn and Debra Loevy-Reyes, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL (James F. Fitzgerald and Samuel Shim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Counsel), for Appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Larry Johnson was convicted after a bench trial of indecent solicitation of a child and sentenced to 30 months' probation. He appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On August 5, 2004, the police arrested defendant at a Chicago train station where he allegedly was waiting to meet 14-year-old "Starlightgirl" for a sexual encounter. Starlightgirl was in fact Kane County police investigator...

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