PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. 1-02-0102.

800 N.E.2d 455 (2003)

344 Ill. App.3d 74

279 Ill.Dec. 387

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan SANCHEZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

November 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Elizabeth C. Smith, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Mary L. Boland, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial judge realized he had no choice: he had to sentence the defendant to life in prison. The single question in this case is whether the mandatory natural life sentence violated provisions of the United States and Illinois constitutions.

Following a bench trial, defendant Juan Sanchez, Jr., was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault. His mandatory natural life sentence was based on his prior...

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