PEOPLE v. FOSTER

No. 1-98-0539.

757 N.E.2d 894 (2000)

322 Ill. App.3d 780

259 Ill.Dec. 31

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John FOSTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Henry L. Hams, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda D. Woloshin, LaTisha Foster, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant John Foster was convicted of first degree murder and three counts of armed robbery after a jury trial. The trial court sentenced defendant to natural life imprisonment for murder, with concurrent 60-year sentences for the three armed robbery counts to run consecutively to the life sentence. Defendant was also sentenced to an additional 30-year sentence for a previous...

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