People v. Smith

Edward Smith (defendant) and Sandra Gicla (codefendant) were indicted on 159 counts, charging them with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, armed robbery and armed violence. They were tried jointly before a jury on 10 of these counts, including seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12—14), one count of aggravated kidnapping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 10—2), one count of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18—2), and one…