People v. MacK

A jury convicted the defendant, John Mack, of aggravated criminal sexual assault; he was sentenced to a term of 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. He contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the judge erred when he permitted the eight-year-old prosecutrix to testify.

Before trial the defendant filed a motion in limine to preclude the testimony of S.R., who was eight years old. On direct examination, S.R. testified that she had three brothers and one sister. She was in second grade and lived with her grandparents. She knew her colors and the…