People v. Falk

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, John J. Falk, was indicted on March 18, 1968, for the offenses of deviate sexual assault and indecent liberties with a child. After a bench trial, he was found not guilty of deviate sexual assault and guilty of indecent liberties with a child. He was sentenced to five years probation.

Defendant’s principal contention on appeal is that the testimony of the fourteen-year-old prosecuting witness,

Grant Wagner, was uncorroborated and unconvincing and his guilt was therefore not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

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