People v. Walker

 Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of multiple counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, for long-standing pattern of abuse of his 7-year-old niece. Aggregate sentence of 35 years was not an abuse of discretion, as court considered factors in mitigation and mitigation, considered the seriousness of the offense, and sentence falls within the middle of the range of possible sentences. No inference of wrongdoing based solely on the court’s ultimate sentence which was different between a proposed plea offer in which the court was never involved. (KNECHT and STEIGMANN, concurring.)