Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Evidence
Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of nine-year-old boy. Court properly admitted Defendant's prior conviction for same offense, where victim was boy of same age and touching was of same private part, to rebut argument that Defendant touched victim with innocent intent. Court did not abuse discretion in finding that victim's prior statement that touching occurred was inconsistent with his trial testimony that he could not remember what happened on day of alleged touching. (APPLETON, concurring; COOK, dissenting.)