People v. Wittenmyer

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Bureau County, defendant, James E. Wittenmyer, was convicted of three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 16) and one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent five-year terms for each of the three aggravated criminal sexual abuse convictions, and to seven years’ imprisonment for the aggravated criminal sexual assault conviction, which was to run consecutively to defendant’s other convictions.

The appellate court…