People v. Vernon

Defendant, Randy L. Vernon, appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to reconsider the sentence. The issue on appeal is whether, on a remand from this court in which we ordered the trial court to conduct a new hearing on defendant’s motion to reconsider the sentence in full compliance with Supreme Court Rule 604(d) (145 Ill. 2d R. 604(d)), the trial court erred in refusing to consider the evidence of defendant’s behavior and accomplishments while in prison during the pendency of his appeal. We affirm.

On May 6, 1992, defendant was charged by indictment with two counts of aggravated…