CLINTON COUNTY — A 29-year-old Missouri man has been released from the Clinton County Jail after posting $25,000 cash bond on a case remanded back to Clinton County Court after his guilty plea in a sexual assault case was withdrawn.

Jamil Jaber
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Jamil Jaber was charged in February 2009, with Class 1 felony criminal sexual assault and Class X felony aggravated criminal sexual assault resulting in bodily harm.

He pleaded guilty in December 2009 to the Class X charge in exchange for the Class 1 charge being dismissed and was subsequently sentenced to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

In August 2012, Jaber unsuccessfully attempted to withdraw his guilty plea, and then filed a motion for a reduction in sentence.

The defense claimed the court should not have considered hearsay evidence in deciding the 15-year prison sentence, calling it excessive.

The courts acknowledged that if it was not supposed to consider prior similar acts at the sentencing, Jaber would have received a lighter sentence. The defense then filed a notice of appeal.

Jaber was returned to the Clinton County Jail from IDOC and his original $250,000 bail was reinstated. He posted the required 10-percent cash bond on Monday and was released.

He is next scheduled to appear in court October 11 for a preliminary hearing on both original charges.