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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-07-0715.

906 N.E.2d 70 (2009)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, and Brian E. Koch, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago. (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, and Amy Watroba Kern, of Counsel), for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Faced with overwhelming DNA evidence, the defense in this sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping case attempted to persuade the jury the State could not prove the defendant's sexual contact with the alleged victim was forcible. The defense did not succeed. Defendant Lorell Johnson was convicted of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to two consecutive...

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