People v. Parra

── People v. Parra ── Court: Appellate Court of Illinois Date: April 23, 2026 Category: General 2026 IL App (1st) 252638-U Order filed: April 23, 2026 FIRST DISTRICT THIRD DIVISION No. 1-25-2638B NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and is not precedent except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1). ______________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County ) v. ) No. 24 CR 0943901 ) LARRY K. MORALES LA PARRA, ) Honorable ) Charles P. Burns, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge, presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Lampkin and Reyes concurred in the judgment. ORDER ¶1 Held: We affirm the order imposing electronic monitoring as a condition of defendant’s pretrial release. We also affirm the orders subsequently denying defendant’s petition to modify the condition of his pretrial release and denying his Rule 604(h)(2) motion for relief. ¶2 Defendant, Larry K. Morales La Parra, appeals the order of the circuit court imposing electronic monitoring as a condition of his pretrial release. Defendant also appeals the orders subsequently denying his petition to modify the condition of his pretrial release and denying his motion for relief under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 604(h)(2) (eff. Apr. 15, 2024). We affirm. ¶3 Defendant was charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The State filed a verified petition under section 110-6.1(a)(1) of the Code No. 1-25-2638B of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/110-6.1(a)(1) (West 2024)), commonly known as the Pretrial Fairness Act (Act), to deny pretrial release. The State alleged that defendant was charged with a detainable offense, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and that he posed a real and present threat to the safety of any person or persons or the community. Id. 1 The trial court held a hearing on the petition on September 3, 2024. ¶4 At the hearing, the State proceeded by proffer, explaining that defendant was 20 years old and that the victim was the 14-year-old sister of his pregnant girlfriend. On August 31, 2024, the girlfriend was driving defendant and the victim home from a family party. Defendant was in the front passenger seat and visibly intoxicated because he had consumed numerous alcoholic beverages at the party. As they drove, defendant stated he was going to take a nap and he crawled into the back seat of the vehicle with the victim. ¶5 Defendant began touching the victim over her jeans on her thigh and vagina. She asked him to stop and he told her to “relax.” Then, defendant put his hand under the victim’s shirt and bra and touched her breast, after which he put his hand in her pants and touched her vagina. Defendant grabbed the victim’s wrist and forced her hand down his own pants and around his penis. She again asked him to stop. Defendant reached inside her pants and grabbed her buttocks. ¶6