PEOPLE v. LANG

No. 1-04-3247.

853 N.E.2d 90 (2006)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William LANG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Jessica A. Hunter, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Manny Magence and Michael J. A. Pasquinelli, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

William Lang was convicted of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon after a jury trial. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. Because the remarks of the trial judge at the sentencing hearing bring into question whether defendant's constitutional right to have his sentence determined with the objective of restoring him to useful citizenship (see Ill...

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