People v. Rogers

PRESIDING JUSTICE ZENOFF

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Udell T. Rogers, was convicted of criminal sexual assault of a family member under 18 years of age (720 ILCS 5/12 — 13(a)(3) (West 2008)). He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to comply with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b) (eff. May 1, 2007) in that it did not ask each potential juror whether he or she understood and accepted each of the four key principles of criminal trials. For the reasons that follow,…