PEOPLE v. DELEON

Docket No. 103777.

882 N.E.2d 999 (2008)

227 Ill.2d 322

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Miguel DELEON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Joshua A. Tepfer, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Douglas P. Harvath, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Miguel Deleon, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)) and attempted first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4, 9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)). The trial court sentenced him to a mandatory life term for the first degree murder and a consecutive 30-year term for the attempted first degree murder. Defendant appealed, and the...

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