People v. Claudio

The defendant was found guilty by a judge sitting without a jury of the offense of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 11 — 5), for which he was sentenced to one year probation. In his appeal the defendant argues that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the Bill of Particulars filed in this case limited the State to the specific averments stated therein.

We reverse.

Since this appeal raises the issue of whether defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, a brief statement of the evidence introduced at the trial…