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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 3-01-0073.

765 N.E.2d 1160 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 424

262 Ill.Dec. 552

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher P. Hamill, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for William Brooks.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, Richard T. Leonard, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, William Brooks, pled guilty to first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) and was sentenced to natural life in prison. He appeals from the dismissal of his second postconviction petition, arguing that his sentence violates the constitutional rule set forth in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). We find...

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