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PEOPLE v. CUMMINGS

No. 1-05-2058.

873 N.E.2d 996 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Floyd CUMMINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, William Toffenetti, Yulia Nikolaevskaya, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Pamela Rubeo, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Presiding Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Floyd Cummings, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2004)). He contends that his sentence of natural life imprisonment for armed robbery must be vacated because it violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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