PEOPLE v. BICKERSTAFF

No. 2-09-0586.

941 N.E.2d 896 (2010)

403 Ill. App.3d 347

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles L. BICKERSTAFF, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolfe F. Ehrmann , Ehrmann, Gehlbach, Badger & Lee, LLC, Dixon, for Appellant.

Henry S. Dixon , Lee County State's Attorney, Lawrence M. Bauer , Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mary Beth Burns , State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for Appellee.


Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles Bickerstaff, appeals from his conviction of 11 counts of criminal sexual assault. On appeal, he argues that his conviction must be reversed because (1) the current Lee County State's Attorney's extrajudicial statements about the case deprived him of a fair trial, and (2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to appoint a special prosecutor in place of the State's Attorney's office. For the...

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