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PEOPLE v. FORD

No. 90083.

761 N.E.2d 735 (2001)

198 Ill.2d 68

260 Ill.Dec. 552

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Eric FORD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing December 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Gordon H. Berry and Patricia Unsinn, Assistant Appellate Defenders, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, William D. Carroll and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue presented is whether defendant's 100-year extended-term sentence for the commission of first degree murder is constitutional under the United States Supreme Court's decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). We hold that it is.

BACKGROUND

The facts are not in dispute. On February 17, 1995, a tugboat captain...

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