PEOPLE v. GIBSON

No. 5-96-0716.

687 N.E.2d 1076 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 842

227 Ill.Dec. 594

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Perrie GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

November 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Janet Gandy Fowler, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Perrie Gibson, entered an Alford plea in Madison County on January 29, 1996, to attempted first-degree murder based on his participation in the beating of another 15-year-old boy, which led to the victim's reduction to a permanent vegetative state. On April 11, 1996, defendant was sentenced to serve 16 years' imprisonment. His motion for the modification of his sentence was heard and denied...

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