TAYLOR v. COWAN

No. 5-01-0670.

790 N.E.2d 897 (2003)

339 Ill. App.3d 406

274 Ill.Dec. 124

Robert TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger COWAN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Michelle A. Zalisko, Assistant Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 18, 2000, Robert Taylor (the petitioner) filed in the circuit court a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from the Illinois Department of Corrections. In his petition, the petitioner alleged that his sentence of natural-life imprisonment was unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct....

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