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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 3-09-0978.

941 N.E.2d 419 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher John SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry A. Mertel, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Jeff Terronez, State's Attorney, Jessica R. Bargmann, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, for People.

Steve Hanna, Jonathan C. Ruud, Moline, for Christopher John Smith.

Presiding Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of his granddaughter. In this interlocutory appeal, the State contends that the trial court erred by refusing to admit certain evidence of the defendant's alleged sexual abuse of other female relatives to show his propensity to commit the charged offense. We affirm.

FACTS

The defendant was charged by information with aggravated...

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