Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Pornography
Court properly found Defendant guilty, after bench trial, of possessing child pornography. Photograph was "lewd" in that it depicted young girl on a bed in a pose generally associated with sexual behavior, genital area was fully exposed, and child appeared aware of camera and posed in suggestive way. As photo portrays child as sexual object, it is intended to elicit a sexual response from the viewer, and is thus "lewd" for purpose of child pornography statute.(BOWMAN and BIRKETT, concurring.)