People v. Maynard

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

In May 2008, the State charged defendant, Michael Maynard, by information with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12 — 13(a)(1), 12— 16(d) (West 2006)). The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing defendant’s statements made to Danville police department investigators. The State contends that the court’s order suppressing the statements because defendant “asserted his right to counsel upon his arrest and that no interrogation should have taken place at that…