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PEOPLE v. LARA

No. 1-09-1326.

946 N.E.2d 516 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason LARA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 31, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender ( Megan E. Ledbetter , of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, State's Attorney of Cook County ( Alan J. Spellberg , Ashley A. Romito , Jessica R. Ball , of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

OPINION

Justice NEVILLE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

A jury found the defendant, Jason Lara, guilty of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault (PCSA) for inserting his finger into the vagina of an eight-year-old girl, J.O. On appeal, Jason argues that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of the offense, because the State failed to present any evidence corroborating Jason's confession that he put his finger inside...

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