People v. Martinez

Defendant, Carlos A. Martinez, appeals his conviction on three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12— 14.1(a) (West 2000)) and one count of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4(b)(8), 12 — 3(a)(2) (West 2000)). He also appeals his sentence of 12 years’ imprisonment for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and 3 years’ imprisonment for aggravated battery, the terms to be served consecutively. We ordered the office of the State Appellate Defender to submit a brief discussing what effect the gaps in the record (caused by a court reporter’s loss of the…