People v. Garner

Following a bench trial, defendant Johnny Garner was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12 — 16(d) (West 2002)) and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and the trial court failed to admonish him in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 605(a) (210 Ill. 2d R. 605(a)). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Defendant was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having sexual encounters with S.E, who was 13 years old at the time of the first encounter in September 2001 and 14 years old at the time…