People v. Parker

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Donald Parker, was convicted of the offense of sexual relations within families. The trial judge imposed a $1,000 fine and sentenced the defendant to 30 months’ probation conditioned upon his serving a one-year term of periodic imprisonment. The appellate court reversed the defendant’s conviction (152 Ill. App. 3d 732), and we allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal (107 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).

At the trial, the defendant’s stepson, who was 18 years old at the time of the offense, testified that on December 31,…