People v. Jackson

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial defendant was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and sentenced to four years in prison. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court’s refusal to permit certain cross-examination of complainant denied him his constitutional right to confrontation of witnesses.

Defendant has also moved for leave to file a supplemental brief in which he contends that he should be granted a new trial under the plain error doctrine because the trial court allowed the complainant to testify regarding her homosexual…