People v. Denning

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, William Denning, was found guilty of criminal sexual abuse of his four-year-old granddaughter. He was sentenced to 10 weekends in the Cook County jail and one year of conditional discharge. On appeal Denning argues that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the trial court improperly admitted certain evidence, and that section 115 — 10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is unconstitutional. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 115 — 10.

Before the commencement of the…