People v. Watts

The defendant, Ellis D. Watts, appeals his conviction for aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12—14). We affirm.

According to the record, Sonja Brown testified that on January 4, 1990, around 3 a.m., she was walking near downtown Peoria when a car pulled up next to her. Overton Pace was driving, and the defendant sat in the front passenger seat. Brown accepted Pace’s offer of a ride and got in between the two men. Brown told Pace she wanted to go to the Warner Homes. Pace, however, drove past there and repeatedly insisted that Brown would fellate him.

After…