People v. Buckley

Defendant Patrick Buckley was indicted by a Kane County grand jury on one count of indecent liberties with a child and one count of deviate sexual assault. Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of indecent liberties and not guilty of deviate sexual assault. He was sentenced to a term of six to 12 years on the indecent liberties conviction.

Defendant’s contention on appeal is that the court committed reversible error when it allowed the State’s request to read to the jury the complaining witness’ consistent prior out-of-court written complaint to the police for the purpose of…