People v. Grover

Defendant, Dennis Grover, was found guilty after a jury trial of rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11—1) in the circuit court of Lake County and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, to run concurrently with a previously imposed sentence for theft. He appeals, challenging the admission of an alleged spontaneous utterance by the victim, a ruling allowing the jury to be informed of the victim’s whereabouts, the sufficiency of the evidence and the prosecutor’s closing argument.

On September 1, 1981, the date of the instant offense, Renee Springs, the victim, was 15 years old. She had…