PEOPLE v. JUSTICE

No. 4-02-0903.

811 N.E.2d 1273 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 981

285 Ill.Dec. 394

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven J. JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Rebecca I. Levy, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Steven J. Justice.

Barney S. Bier, State's Attorney, Quincy, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Kathy Shepard, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 2002, defendant, Steven J. Justice, pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2000)). In exchange for his guilty plea, (1) the State agreed to (a) dismiss other charges and (b) recommend a sentence of natural life in prison; and (2) the Lincoln County, Nebraska, State's Attorney agreed (a) to recommend a life sentence if defendant pleaded guilty to a first-degree...

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