People v. Rollins

PRESIDING JUSTICE REINHARD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kane County, defendant, Leroy Rollins, was found guilty of criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12—13(a)) and was sentenced to a 15-year term of imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant contends that the circuit court committed grave error when it failed specifically to instruct the jury that the State was required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the complaining witness did not consent to the act of sexual penetration.

In view of the single issue raised, it is…