PEOPLE v. BLACKWELL

No. 1-99-4064.

757 N.E.2d 589 (2001)

325 Ill. App.3d 354

258 Ill.Dec. 900

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus BLACKWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

September 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Sarah M. Jacoby, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, Alan Spellberg, Jennifer K. Bagby, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Marcus Blackwell, was found guilty of first degree murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced consecutively to 84 years' imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction and to 27 years' imprisonment for the attempted murder conviction. The trial court imposed an extended-term sentence for the murder under section 5-5-3.2(b)(4)(ii) of the Unified Code of Corrections on the...

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