PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 1-04-3660.

865 N.E.2d 195 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 2007.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing April 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Kari K. Firebaugh, Assistant Appellate Defender), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Peter Fischer, Carol L. Gaines, of counsel), for Appellee.


Modified on Denial of Petition for Rehearing.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Lewis Jackson guilty of first degree murder and additionally found that the murder resulted from exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty and had been committed during the course of an armed robbery. The trial court sentenced defendant to an extended term of natural life in prison. On appeal, defendant contends...

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