People v. Luczak

Defendant, Theodore Luczak, appeals his conviction for two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce in its case in chief evidence that defendant sexually assaulted a different victim six years prior to the current charges.

Prior to trial, the State moved to introduce into evidence defendant’s prior crime, arguing that evidence of the other crime showed defendant’s intent at the time of the charged crime and established defendant’s modus operandi. Over objection, the trial court granted the motion and stated…