PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

Nos. 97235, 97258.

824 N.E.2d 250 (2005)

214 Ill.2d 106

291 Ill.Dec. 674

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant and Cross-Appellee and Appellee, v. Tyreese ROBERTS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Amy Watroba Kern and Annette Collins, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Manuel S. Serritos, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee and cross-appellant.


Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Tyreese Roberts, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)) and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2(a)(1) (West 1996)). The circuit court of Cook County sentenced him to natural life imprisonment for each count of first degree murder and 20 years' imprisonment for each count of aggravated battery with a firearm.

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