State v. Sweeney

—William Sweeney appeals his conviction for indecent liberties. On appeal, we are asked to decide three issues: (1) whether testimony of a psychologist, which related to behavior patterns of children who had been sexually abused by their fathers, constituted an impermissible comment on Sweeney's guilt; (2) whether the denial of Sweeney's motion for continuance deprived him of his Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and effective assistance of counsel; and (3) whether the deposition of a State's witness was improperly admitted because the State failed to establish that the witness was…