People v. Jackson

Following a jury trial, defendant Corey Jackson was convicted of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon and one count of aggravated kidnaping and was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of eight, seven and six years, respectively. On appeal, defendant contends that his convictions and sentences should be vacated because: (1) the trial court erred in admitting other crimes evidence to show defendant’s modus operandi; (2) the trial court improperly refused to tender defendant’s non-pattern jury instruction defining modus operandi; (3) defendant was improperly convicted…