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PEOPLE v. MORFIN

Docket No. 1-10-3568.

981 N.E.2d 1010 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 103568

367 Ill. Dec. 282

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas MORFIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Michelle Katz , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Jonathan Steffy , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

OPINION

Presiding Justice SALONE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant Nicholas Morfin appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing his second or successive petition for relief from judgment (735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2010)) challenging his mandatory sentence of natural life imprisonment for two counts of first degree murder on the basis that he was a minor at the time of his offenses. Defendant contends that a mandatory...

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