People v. Towns

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and 2 counts of aggravated kidnapping. State prosecuted Defendant under an asportation theory, alleging that Defendant by force or threat of imminent force carried victim from one place to another with intent secretly to confine victim against her will. Defendant, without permission, entered car which was in restaurant parking lost, and where victim was sleeping, and drove to a vacant lot while carrying a firearm, and forced her to perform sex acts. A victim need not be aware that they are being kidnapped during an asportation. Aggregate sentence of 60 years was not manifestly disproportionate to serious nature of offenses. (GORDON and BURKE, concurring.)