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PEOPLE v. BLANKS

No. 3-97-0188.

701 N.E.2d 547 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 361

233 Ill.Dec. 697

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richmond Lee BLANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

October 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arifa M. Majeed, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Richmond Blanks.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, Will County State's Attorney, Joliet, Robert M. Hansen, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Richmond Lee Blanks, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14 (West 1996)) in exchange for the dismissal of another charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault and a 12-year term of imprisonment. He subsequently filed a post-conviction petition, which the trial court dismissed as frivolous and patently without merit. On appeal, the defendant contends that his sentence...

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