People v. Taggart

The defendant, Arthur J. Taggart, was convicted of five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12—14 (now codified, as amended, at 720 ILCS 5/12—14 (West 1992)) and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 30 years’ imprisonment for each of four counts and to a consecutive term of 15 years’ imprisonment for the fifth count. On April 25, 1989, the defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. While his appeal was pending and within 30 days of the imposition of his sentence, the defendant filed a pro se motion for reduction of sentence. He did not, however,…