OPINION
Presiding Justice KNECHT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 Defendant, Elwyn V. Thomas, appeals his May 2009 conviction by jury for criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-13(a)(4) (West 2006)). In July 2009, the trial court sentenced defendant to five years in prison. Defendant argues the trial court erroneously took judicial notice of and read to the jury the following facts: he failed to appear for his final pretrial hearing...
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