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PEOPLE v. LUCAS

No. 1-99-2623.

746 N.E.2d 1211 (2001)

321 Ill. App.3d 49

254 Ill.Dec. 163

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald LUCAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Michaela J. Kalisiak, of Counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Alan J. Spellberg, of Counsel), for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Once again we are called on to determine the authority of a trial judge to impose lengthy prison sentences.

The defendant, Donald Lucas, was charged with committing a vicious sexual assault on a female victim. There was a bench trial. The judge found the defendant guilty of attempted first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and aggravated kidnapping. The trial court, using extended term and...

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