PEOPLE v. BUTLER

Docket No. 1-12-0923.

994 N.E.2d 89 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 120923

373 Ill. Dec. 604

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kendrick BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Rochford and Delort concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a March 14, 2012 order entered by the circuit court of Cook County which sentenced defendant-appellant Kendrick Butler (Butler) to 80 years' imprisonment for first-degree murder. On appeal, Butler argues that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in imposing an 80-year sentence...

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