People v. Morris

On May 27, 1986, an indictment was filed in the circuit court of La Salle County charging defendant, Frank Morris, with the offense of indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 11 — -4(a)(1)) (count I) for an incident which allegedly took place on October 20, 1984. On February 25, 1988, a grand jury added five additional counts to the indictment, charging defendant with the offenses of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1984 Supp., ch. 38, par. 12 — 16(d)), criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1984 Supp., ch. 38, par. 12 — 13(a)(1)), and criminal…