People v. Chenoweth

Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of financial exploitation of an elderly person and sentenced to four years probation and ordered to pay restitution. Elderly victim did not "discover the offense", within meaning of Section 3-6(a)(2)'s extended limitations period, prior to prosecuting officer becoming aware of the offense, when it received police investigation file. This event activated Section 3-6(a)(2), and thus Defendant was indicted within that section's one-year extended limitations period. (GARMAN, THOMAS, KILBRIDE, KARMEIER, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)