People v. Pierce

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Thomas Pierce, Jr., guilty of indecent liberties with a child (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 11 — 4(a)(3)), and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 4 nor more than 15 years. The appellate court affirmed (26 Ill. App. 3d 550), and we granted leave to appeal.

In the appellate court the defendant raised issues involving identification procedures, the admissibility of evidence of flight, the State’s attorney’s closing argument, the instructions to the jury and the sufficiency of the evidence to establish guilt…