Former Illinois police officer’s baby porn conviction reinstated

Posted: Oct 22, 2021 / 02:59 PM CDT
/ Up to date: Oct 22, 2021 / 02:59 PM CDT

PEORIA, Unwell. — The Illinois Supreme Court docket has reinstated a former Peoria police officer’s baby pornography conviction.

John McCavitt was convicted in 2016 of possession of kid porn discovered on his residence laptop, which police seized in 2013 for a sexual assault investigation.

McCavitt was acquitted in 2014 on a sexual assault cost, however police discovered the kid porn throughout an inside investigation.

An appeals court docket dominated in 2019 that McCavitt’s civil rights had been violated as a result of police discovered the kid porn with out acquiring one other warrant.

However the Journal Star in Peoria experiences the state’s excessive court docket dominated Thursday that the appellate court docket erred and McCavitt’s rights weren’t violated.