People v. Terneus

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1992, the State charged defendant, Thomas D. Terneus, with aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 12—14(b)(1)). On March 24, 1992, the date the case was set for jury trial, defendant pleaded guilty as charged pursuant to an agreement that the State would recommend a sentence of 11 years in prison, to be served concurrently with a five-year prison sentence on an unrelated forgery charge. The trial court accepted defendant’s guilty plea and sentenced him as the parties agreed. The next day,…