PEOPLE v. SARGENT

No. 2-07-0516.

907 N.E.2d 410 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William E. SARGENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing May 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Deborah K. Pugh (both Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for William E. Sargent.

Ronald G. Matekaitis, DeKalb County State's Attorney, Sycamore, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Catherine A. Voigt, Glen Ellyn, for the People.


Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing

Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Sargent, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against M.G. and J.W., his two minor stepsons. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to tender to the jury an instruction governing hearsay evidence pursuant to section...

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