People v. Britton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, George W. Britton (defendant) was found guilty of four counts of indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 11 — 4). He was sentenced to four concurrent terms of 12 to 40 years. Defendant appeals.

In this court, defendant contends the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the minors involved in the offenses were not prostitutes; the trial judge refused to consider defendant’s prostitute defense when he made his finding of guilty; the judgments of conviction on two of…