People v. Garcia-Cordova

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Testimony from DCFS investigator as to victim's statements was merely cumulative and duplicative of properly admitted evidence. Any error in admission of interviewer's testimony was harmless due to overwhelming evidence of Defendant's guilt, including his very specific oral statement to police and his written statement. Court did not err in admitting evidence that Defendant had been sexually abused as a child, as it was relevant to credibility of Defendant's statements to police and their context, and court allowed it only in very limited context of his police interview. (BURKE and HUDSON, concurring.)