People v. Childers

Following his conviction for the unlawful delivery of more than 30 grams of a substance containing cocaine, the defendant, Randall Childers, was sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment of 18 years. In this appeal from the circuit court of Peoria County, the only issue raised is whether the trial court erred in imposing sentence by improperly considering that the defendant had contemplated his conduct would cause serious physical harm to another.

In imposing sentence, the trial judge’s remarks included the following:

“I would comment now in reference to those matters which the Court has…