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PEOPLE v. TOWNSELL

No. 3-00-0302.

783 N.E.2d 164 (2003)

336 Ill. App.3d 340

270 Ill.Dec. 589

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis TOWNSELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Dennis Townsell.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island, Gary F. Gnidovec (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the Opinion of the court:

Dennis Townsell pled guilty to a charge of first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and was sentenced to an extended prison term. On direct appeal to this court, he claimed that his extended term violated the rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). We rejected the State's argument that his guilty...

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