People v. Richmond

In People v. Richmond, 341 Ill. App. 3d 39, 791 N.E.2d 1132, 274 Ill. Dec. 721 (2003), the defendant was convicted of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault based on contact between his penis and the victim's anus and his penis and the victim's vagina. Richmond, 341 Ill. App. 3d at 43. In her testimony, the victim described an incident in which she went to the defendant's apartment to visit her friend, when, upon her entry into the apartment, the defendant "pushed her onto the bed, pulled down her shorts, 'pulled his thing out,' and put his penis in her butt." Richmond, 341 Ill. App. 3d at 43. The defendant gave police a statement that "was consistent with the victim's account in nearly all respects" except that it added that the defendant also twice tried to penetrate the victim vaginally. Richmond, 341 Ill. App. 3d at 44. On appeal, the court held that the defendant's statement regarding vaginal penetration was not sufficiently corroborated, because "all the other evidence provided by the State at trial proved only anal penetration." Richmond, 341 Ill. App. 3d at 46.