People v. Knowles

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County, codefendants Richard Knowles and Donald Jenkins were both found guilty of two counts of rape and two counts of deviate sexual assault. The court subsequently sentenced Knowles to four concurrent terms of five to 10 years’ imprisonment and Jenkins to four concurrent terms of four to eight years’ imprisonment; however1, 11 days after these sentences were imposed, the trial court, acting on a State’s motion seeking their modification, altered the sentences so as to cause…