People v. Morgan

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Perry County, defendant, Donald Morgan, was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four to eight years. The appellate court, in a split decision, reversed the conviction on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to prove defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (44 Ill. App. 3d 730.) We granted the State leave to appeal.

At trial, testimony in behalf of the State indicated that on the evening of March 14, 1974, in the living room of complainant’s trailer home, the…