PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 108690.

952 N.E.2d 601 (2011)

351 Ill. Dec. 809

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Perry WARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn and Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defenders, and Jessica D. Pamon , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Annette Collins and Mary L. Boland , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Chief Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In defendant Perry Ward's trial for the criminal sexual assault of M.M., the circuit court of Cook County admitted evidence that defendant had also been involved in the criminal sexual assault of another woman, L.S. In admitting the other-crimes evidence, the court relied on section 115-7.3 of the Code of Criminal...

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