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PEOPLE v. BOSTON

No. 2-00-0201.

755 N.E.2d 1058 (2001)

324 Ill. App.3d 557

258 Ill.Dec. 239

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry BOSTON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, and Jay Wiegman, of Wiegman & Farmer, of Somonauk, for appellant.

Meg Gorecki, State's Attorney, of St. Charles (Martin P. Moltz and Diane L. Campbell, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), and Barry W. Jacobs, of Chicago, for the People.

Justice CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Jerry Boston, Jr., was convicted of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a)(1) (West 2000)). The trial court adjudged defendant a habitual criminal and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing that (1) the court erred in admitting into evidence a knife found near the crime scene; and (2) the mandatory life sentence provisions...

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