People v. Smith

*643 ¶ 1 Defendant, Danyel B.J. Smith, appeals his convictions for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping. Defendant argues the admission of a recording of the victim's interview at a child advocacy center (CAC) violated his right to confrontation. Specifically, defendant argues that the victim was unavailable for cross-examination because she testified that she did not remember the events constituting the offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Defendant also argues that his mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was unconstitutional as applied…