People v. Hamelin

Defendant Arthur Hamelin, age 24, was charged with indecent liberties with a child, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child, and deviate sexual assault. A jury found him guilty of the indecent-liberties and sexual-delinquency charges, but not guilty of the deviate-sexual-assault charge. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 11—4, 11—5, 11—3.) Judgment was entered on the indecent-liberties verdict and he was sentenced to a term of 4-6 years. The judge did not enter judgment on the sexual-delinquency verdict because the crime merged into the greater crime of indecent liberties.

Defendant…