Justice JAMES F. SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial, defendant, Vernon Watson, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping. Prior to sentencing, the State petitioned the court to conduct an habitual criminal hearing pursuant to 720 ILCS 5/33B (West 1998). A hearing was conducted accordingly, after which defendant was declared an habitual criminal, and sentenced
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