People v. Henderson

Following a September 2007 trial, a jury convicted defendant, Michael D. Henderson, of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14(a)(1) (West 2006)). In January 2008, the trial court sentenced defendant to 25 years in prison on count I and 40 years in prison on count II, ordering those sentences to run consecutively.

Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the trial court erred by allowing the State to present evidence in the form of a “human lie detector” and, alternatively, (2) his penalty for his offense violates the proportionate-penalties clause of the Illinois…