People v. Heidelberg

Defendant was convicted in a bench trial of criminally sexually assaulting his stepdaughter, LeVita, in violation of section 12— 13(a)(3) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12 — 13(a)(3)).

LeVita testified that she had sexual intercourse with defendant in mid-June 1987. She also testified that she had had sexual contact with defendant since she was nine years old and sexual intercourse with him on a regular basis since she was 11. She testified that defendant had promised not to “mess with” LeVita’s younger sister as long as LeVita told no one about their sexual…