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PEOPLE v. McCREADIE

No. 4-91-0155.

584 N.E.2d 839 (1991)

223 Ill. App.3d 316

165 Ill.Dec. 405

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ben McCREADIE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Gloria Ann Morris, Asst. Defender, for defendant-appellant.

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Atty., Decatur, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Ben McCreadie and his codefendants Laura Bowers and William Nimitz, Jr., were charged with first degree murder, pursuant to section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Criminal Code) (Ill. Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)), in the murder of Bowers' husband, David Bowers. Defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals, claiming the natural-life sentencing statute is...

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