Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/18/1993

People v. Bowen

Citations

609 N.E.2d 346
241 Ill. App. 3d 608
182 Ill. Dec. 43
1993 Ill. App. LEXIS 185

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holding that a victim’s testimony should not be rejected “merely because she did not report the incident to the police immediately”
noting that unlawful restraint was conduct “inherent in every case of criminal sexual assault by force” and concluding that as charged it was not “independent of the sexual assault”
“A delay in reporting incidents of sexual assault may be reasonable where the victim’s silence is attributed to fear, shame, guilt and embarrassment.”
“A delay in reporting incidents of sexual assault may be reasonable where the victim’s silence is attributed to fear, shame, guilt and embarrassment.”
“minor inconsistencies in the testimony do not, of themselves, create a reasonable doubt as to defendant’s conviction”
“[a] delay in reporting incidents of sexual assault may be reasonable where the victim’s silence is attributed to fear, shame, guilt and embarrassment”

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Judges: Knecht

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