People v. Edwards

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Darrel A. Edwards, appeals from convictions on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for which he received five-year sentences. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12—16(d).) He argues that the court erroneously allowed evidence of other crimes, that two of the convictions were neither properly charged nor proved, that the court improperly struck psychological evidence, and that the sentences are excessive. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Under the Criminal Code of 1961 (the Code), a defendant commits aggravated criminal sexual abuse if…