People v. Cerda

(Court opinion corrected 4/1/14.) Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of criminal sexual assault of his stepdaughter over 11-month period. Court properly admitted evidence of Defendant's assault of another stepdaughter, as the offenses were sufficiently similar. Court properly barred evidence, per rape shield statute, that victim's initial outcry occurred shortly after she had informed her mother about her first sexual experience with a boy her age. Court did not abuse discretion in barring evidence, as there was no evidence that victim was motivated to lie, and there was other evidence in record to support argument that outcry was a fabrication by victim to deflect her mother's anger about her acting out. (McBRIDE and TAYLOR, concurring.)