People v. Goodwin

The defendant, James C. Goodwin, entered a partially negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14(b)(1)). In return for the plea, the State agreed that it would not recommend a prison term of more than 20 years. The trial court subsequently sentenced the defendant to serve 20 years in prison. The defendant appeals.

The factual basis for the defendant’s guilty plea established that nine-year-old W.W. would testify that he visited the defendant at his apartment numerous times in the fall of 1989. During some of those…