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PEOPLE v. LA POINTE

No. 53840.

88 Ill.2d 482 (1981)

431 N.E.2d 344

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. PHILLIP E. LA POINTE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Fitzsimmons, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Thomas L. Knight and Robert L. Thompson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Mary Robinson and Mark Schuster, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Phillip E. La Pointe, entered an unnegotiated plea of guilty in the circuit court of Du Page County to the murder of Peter Moreno, Jr., and was subsequently sentenced to natural life imprisonment without parole. The appellate court reduced that sentence to 60 years' imprisonment. (85 Ill.App.3d 215

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