People v. Norfleet

A jury found defendant, Gerome Norfleet, guilty of four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14), following an incident involving complainant, D.L. The trial court sentenced him to four consecutive prison terms of 25 years each. He appeals from his conviction and sentence, contending that (1) he was deprived of a fair trial because the jury was not given an issue instruction for the affirmative defense of consent and because the trial court tendered non-Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions (IPI) verdict forms and a non-IPI concluding instruction…