People v. Land

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 1991, a jury convicted defendant, William Land, of three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14(b)(1)) of his eight-year-old daughter, C.L. The trial court later sentenced him to three consecutive 20-year prison terms. Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the trial court erred by admitting C.L.’s hearsay statements under section 115 — 10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 115— 10), (2) the State failed to prove him guilty…