People v. Wilcoxen

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Sitting by assignment in the Third District Appellate Court, we consider the defendant’s appeal from a sentence on a negotiated plea of guilty to attempted murder of a 3-year-old child (Lori). We likewise consider a conviction based on negotiated pleas of guilty on four charges involving a 5-year-old girl (Terri), a sister of Lori. The pleas are to two separate counts of attempted murder, a count charging rape and a count charging indecent liberties. As a result of the judgments entered on such pleas, three counts involving Lori…