People v. Hardeman

Defendant, Robert Hardeman, had a bench trial and was found guilty on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal sexual assault, armed robbery, armed violence and residential burglary. The trial court merged the convictions of the two aggravated criminal sexual assault counts and the criminal sexual assault count, but it entered judgments on all three counts. Defendant was sentenced to 20 years for aggravated criminal sexual assault, 10 years for armed robbery and 7 years for residential burglary, with all the terms to run concurrently. Defendant contends that (1) his…