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PEOPLE v. COOKS

No. 1-92-3579.

648 N.E.2d 190 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 25

207 Ill.Dec. 734

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael COOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

February 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Manuel S. Serritos, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Scholz, Michael Lechner, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Michael Cooks, 14 years old, was charged with the murders of Rayford Taylor and Vincent Zaworski and transferred from the juvenile court, indicted, and prosecuted as an adult. Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of both murders and given the mandatory sentence of imprisonment for natural life. He challenges his transfer from juvenile court and the constitutionality of the mandatory life imprisonment...

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