People v. Reed

A grand jury indicted defendant, David L. Reed, on one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14.1(a)(1) (West 2002)). The child was his 10-year-old stepdaughter, L.H. In a pretrial hearing, the trial court ruled that L.H.’s out-of-court statements to her mother and the police would be admissible at trial under the statutory exception to the hearsay rule in section 115 — 10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/115 — 10 (West 2002)). At trial, the State called L.H. as a witness and also presented her hearsay statements. The jury found…