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PEOPLE v. WEST

No. 1-00-2188.

753 N.E.2d 510 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 858

257 Ill.Dec. 315

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (David P. Davidow, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Annette Collins, and Karin V. Pettit, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents a straightforward question of statutory interpretation. When the legislature prescribed a sentence of natural life in prison for a first degree murder committed by a person who had previously committed "first degree murder under any state or federal law" (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(a)(1)(c)(i) (West 1998)), did the legislature mean the sentencing provisions to apply only if the state had named...

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