People v. Pollard

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Alphonso Pollard, of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12— 14(b)(1)). The trial court sentenced him to a 24-year prison term. The defendant appeals.

The record shows that the victim, S.Y., was 10 years old at the time of the offense. The defendant, S.Y.’s mother’s boyfriend, was living with them. According to S.Y., during a weekday in July of 1989 she was showering when the defendant entered the shower, picked her up, and stuck his “private parts” in her. Later that…