PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 104375.

892 N.E.2d 1034 (2008)

229 Ill.2d 374

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert D. BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, Jaime L. Montgomery, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for appellant, and Robert D. Brown, Menard, appellant pro se.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Paul A. Logli, State's Attorney, Rockford (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Eldad Z. Malamuth, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Defendant, Robert D. Brown, was sentenced to natural life imprisonment after he was adjudged an habitual criminal pursuant to section 33B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (the Habitual Criminal Act or the Act) (720 ILCS 5/33B-1 (West 2002)). On appeal, defendant contended that the State failed to prove him eligible for sentencing as an habitual criminal because the State presented no...

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