People v. Revell

In April and May 2004, defendant, David D. Revell, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11—20.1(a)(6) (West 2002)) and predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (720 ILCS 5/12—14.1(a)(1) (West 2002)) in two separate cases. Following a consolidated sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced defendant to 5 years’ imprisonment for possession of child pornography to run consecutive to a 40-year prison term for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The court awarded defendant 463 days of sentence credit.

Defendant appealed, arguing (1) the penalty for…