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Pantagraph reports Man is acquitted of sexual assault after claiming he was sleep walking.
Mathew Nelson of Bloomington was acquitted after about 90 minutes of deliberation Thursday by a McLean County jury. The alleged victim, now 21, testified that she saw Nelson come into her room from the living room where he was sleeping on the couch. The alleged victim and Nelson had been drinking with friends before the incident, according to trial testimony.
Nelson testified that he recalled falling asleep at the apartment and then waking as he was being punched and yelled at by the boyfriend of the alleged victim's sister. The alleged victim contacted her sister after the alleged assault, and she and her boyfriend came over.
Defense lawyer Stephanie Wong commented after the trial that "what is so unfortunate is that this young man suffered under a cloud of suspicion and unrelenting stress for a year before he was acquitted in 90 minutes. The shortness of the deliberations should send a clear message that the State should have carefully evaluated this case before subjecting this young man and his family to this kind of pain."
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Pantagraph reports Man is acquitted of sexual assault after claiming he was sleep walking.
Mathew Nelson of Bloomington was acquitted after about 90 minutes of deliberation Thursday by a McLean County jury. The alleged victim, now 21, testified that she saw Nelson come into her room from the living room where he was sleeping on the couch. The alleged victim and Nelson had been drinking with friends before the incident, according to trial testimony.
Nelson testified that he recalled falling asleep at the apartment and then waking as he was being punched and yelled at by the boyfriend of the alleged victim's sister. The alleged victim contacted her sister after the alleged assault, and she and her boyfriend came over.
Defense lawyer Stephanie Wong commented after the trial that "what is so unfortunate is that this young man suffered under a cloud of suspicion and unrelenting stress for a year before he was acquitted in 90 minutes. The shortness of the deliberations should send a clear message that the State should have carefully evaluated this case before subjecting this young man and his family to this kind of pain."
OGNR is not responsible for the contents of external links.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/cri...1cc4c03286.html