People v. Marselle

This is an appeal by defendant, David Lynn Marselle, from a conviction and judgment in a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Henry County. Defendant was found guilty of the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 23, § 2361A). Following a hearing in aggravation and mitigation, defendant was sentenced to a term of 1 year and given credit for time served against that sentence.

Defendant bases his appeal from the conviction on two major grounds. He first contends that it was reversible error for the court to have allowed an Illinois policeman to read from…