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PEOPLE v. KINNETT

No. 2-96-0504.

679 N.E.2d 481 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 709

223 Ill.Dec. 296

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter J. KINNETT, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Fish, Lee County State's Attorney, Dixon, John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, and Diane L. Campbell, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People of the State of Illinois.

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender and Patrick M. Carmody, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Walter J. Kinnett.

Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals a pretrial ruling excluding the testimony of two corroborating witnesses in an aggravated criminal sexual abuse trial. We affirm.

The defendant, Walter Kinnett, was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(c)(1)(i) (West 1994)), in that he knowingly placed the child victim's (hereinafter c.v.'s) hand on his penis and placed his hands on the c.v.'s buttocks...

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