082018 Hearing for Jimmy Reiss, 42, of Sycamore, who is serving a sentence for sexually assault

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Jimmy Reiss, 42, of Sycamore, who is serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl, is escorted into a courtroom at the DeKalb County Courthouse in shackles Monday for a hearing on his petition for post-conviction relief. Reiss and his attorney are asking for his sentence to be vacated on the basis that his lawyer did a poor job representing him in the trial in which he was convicted.