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The Fifth District Appellate Court has ordered a Wabash County man to be resentenced after finding errors in portions of his child pornography convictions.
39-year-old Zachary Reed of Mt. Carmel was sentenced in January 2024 to 60 years in prison after being convicted on multiple counts of possessing child pornography depicting a victim under the age of 13.
On appeal, Reed’s attorney argued that several of the convictions violated Illinois’ one-act, one-crime rule and that the trial court applied the wrong sentencing range when imposing the 60-year prison term.
The appellate court agreed in part, vacating two of Reed’s eight convictions and remanding the case to the trial court for resentencing.
Evidence presented during Reed’s trial showed he placed a motion-activated camera in a bathroom to secretly record a juvenile victim.
A new sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Reed remains incarcerated at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Ina. Under his original sentence, he was not eligible for parole until September 2052. His parole eligibility and final sentence will be determined following resentencing.