People v. Jones

Following a bench trial, defendants, Charles Jones, Kenneth Henson, and Charles Martin, were convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14(a)(1)), two counts of attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4, 9 — 1), home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 12 — 11(a)(1)), and three counts of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18— 2(a)), and were sentenced to 60 years’ imprisonment. Each defendant filed a timely notice of appeal and the cases were consolidated in this court. We will address the following four…