People v. Sanford

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Ronald Sanford, was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of deviate sexual assault. The court imposed three concurrent sentences of 45 years’ imprisonment.

The defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether he was improperly convicted and sentenced for two counts of deviate sexual assault based on a series of closely related acts, and; (2) whether the trial court erred in imposing extended-term sentences.

On October 5, 1982, Kathy Allen, a social worker for the Department of Children and Family Services,…