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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 2-90-1207.

608 N.E.2d 1259 (1993)

241 Ill. App.3d 446

181 Ill.Dec. 785

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sheila SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara R. Paschen, Paul Alexander Rogers, Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Patrick J. Hughes, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Theodore Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.

Justice UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sheila Smith, pleaded guilty to murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)). The court sentenced her to an extended term of 60 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that the court abused its discretion in imposing the 60-year sentence by failing to consider several mitigating factors in determining the proper sentence.

A Lake County grand jury indicted defendant and Ricky...

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