Justice HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:
A Union County grand jury indicted Tom Fassler, a school teacher, for aggravated criminal sexual abuse, alleging that he fondled a thirteen-year-old female student.
The circuit court dismissed the indictment because:
(1) the student's mother, whose presence had not been authorized, nevertheless was present when the student testified before the grand jury;
(2) witnesses were not sworn upon...
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