People v. Wells

2019 IL App (1st) 163247

FIRST DISTRICT FOURTH DIVISION August 8, 2019 No. 1-16-3247 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of Cook County. Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) ) No. 14 CR 11107 WALTER WELLS, ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) The Honorable ) Matthew E. Coghlan, ) Judge, presiding. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Gordon and Reyes concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant, Walter Wells, appeals his convictions of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery in a…