People v. Duckworth

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals his convictions by jury verdicts of the offenses of deviate sexual assault and armed robbery in violation of sections 11 — 3 and 18 — 2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 11 — 3, 18 — 2.) He was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment for deviate sexual assault and to a concurrent term of 10 years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery.

The offenses were committed on January 21, 1980, when defendant, in the basement of the Decatur Public Library, approached the victim from behind and placed…