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People v. Lofton

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 87382, 87434 cons.  Rel

Docket Nos. 87382, 87434 cons.-Agenda 10-May 2000.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. 
ANTHONY W. LOFTON, Appellee.-THE PEOPLE OF THE 
STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD STEWART,
Appellee.

Opinion filed November 22, 2000.

CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of thecourt:

In both of these cases, consolidated here, the defendant wasconvicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. In one,cause No. 87382, we consider the right of confrontation granted bythe United States Constitution and the Illinois Constitution (U.S.Const., amend. VI; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I,