PEOPLE v. WALDRON

No. 2-05-0980.

872 N.E.2d 1036 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John WALDRON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defenders (both Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for John Waldron.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Directors, Barry W. Jacobs, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Waldron, appeals the dismissal of his second postconviction petition, seeking to have his 60-year sentences of imprisonment, imposed to run consecutively to his natural life sentence, modified to run concurrently. We reverse the dismissal and modify his sentences.

Defendant was charged by indictment with three counts of first-degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and two...

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