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PEOPLE v. PERKINS

No. 1-09-2335.

945 N.E.2d 1228 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donnell PERKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender (Alan D. Goldberg, Deputy Defender, Shawn O'Toole, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Alan J. Spellberg, Eve Reilly, Whitney Bond, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

OPINION

Justice STEELE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Donnell Perkins was found guilty of attempt aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The circuit court sentenced Perkins to five years in prison. Perkins now appeals, arguing: (1) he did not commit the offense as a matter of law; (2) trial counsel was ineffective in failing to adequately cross-examine a key witness and...

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