People v. Giller

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause comes before us on appeal for the second time following a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the circuit court of Montgomery County finding defendant Eddie Giller guilty on three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Both appeals have presented questions concerning sentencing.

In the first appeal, People v. Giller (1987), 162 Ill. App. 3d 209, 514 N.E.2d 1206, we vacated the trial court’s imposition of an extended-term sentence. We ruled that an extended-term sentence violated the principle that a trial court may…