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People v. Denbo

Citations

  • 868 N.E.2d 347
  • 372 Ill. App. 3d 994
  • 311 Ill. Dec. 347
  • 2007 Ill. App. LEXIS 395

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing aggravated sexual assault conviction after finding insufficient evidence of force or threat of force
  • stating “force” within the meaning of the criminal sexual offenses “does not mean the force inherent to all sexual penetration ... but physical compulsion, or a threat of physical compulsion, that causes the victim to submit to the sexual penetration against his or her will.”
  • by proving force, State necessarily proves nonconsent

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Judges: Appleton, Turner

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