People v. Pointer

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Henry Pointer, was convicted of indecent liberties with a child. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 11 — 4(a)(3).) The defendant appeals his conviction, alleging that the court erred in admitting into evidence testimony of prior consistent statements of the complaining witness, evidence of a gun that was found in the defendant’s possession when he was arrested, and evidence of the prior rape conviction of the defendant.

The 13-year-old complainant testified that at about 9:30 p.m., she was rolling her hair in the…