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PEOPLE v. JOHNS

No. 1-06-1190.

898 N.E.2d 1142 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demetrius JOHNS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorney, of Counsel, Manuel Magence, Assistant State's Attorney, of Counsel, Sari London, Assistant State's Attorney, of Counsel, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Tiffany Green, Assistant Public Defender, Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, Demetrius Johns was found accountable for armed robbery but not for murder. He was given an 11-year sentence with an "add-on" penalty of 15 years because the armed robbery was committed with a handgun. On appeal, the defendant contends (1) his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to assert a compulsion defense, (2) the add-on portion of his sentence violates the "prohibition against disproportionate...

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