People v. Mitts Modification on denial of rehearing

FIRST DIVISION

December 17, 2001

No. 1-98-2412

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County)

v. ))

JOECEPHUS MITTS, ) Honorable) James M. Schreier,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding

OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING

The prosecution charged defendant, Joecephus Mitts, with three separate sexual assaults that occurred in the Englewood area in an eight-day period. The jury found him guilty of two of the assaults, but not guilty of the third. Defendant appeals from his convictions and sentences.

Just before 7 a.m. on December 14, 1993, L.B.…