People v. Meier

Defendant, Donald R. Meier, appeals from his conviction for aggravated criminal sexual assault after a stipulated bench trial in the circuit court of Clinton County. We reverse.

Defendant was arrested in July of 1990 pursuant to an investigation triggered by a letter from authorities in Georgia to the Clinton County State’s Attorney accusing defendant of having sexually assaulted his 10-year-old stepdaughter sometime between December 1, 1986, and January 1, 1987, while the family was living in Illinois. The family had moved to Georgia in May of 1989, but by December of 1989, defendant had…