Appellate Court of Illinois July 29, 2010, 2-09-0586 (People v. Bickerstaff)

JUSTICE O’MALLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles Bickerstaff, appeals from his conviction of 11 counts of criminal sexual assault. On appeal, he argues that his conviction must be reversed because (1) the current Lee County State’s Attorney’s extrajudicial statements about the case deprived him of a fair trial, and (2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to appoint