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PEOPLE v. TOUSIGNANT

No. 115329.

2014 IL 115329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MITCHELL TOUSIGNANT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed February 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Seth Uphoff , State's Attorney, of Pontiac ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Brian McLeish , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino and Robert J. Biderman , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Karen Munoz , Deputy Defender, and Nancy L. Vincent , Assistant Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Justice Karmeier dissented, with opinion, joined by Justices Kilbride and Theis.

OPINION

JUSTICE FREEMAN, delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant Mitchell Tousignant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. Defendant's counsel filed a motion to reconsider the sentence, and the circuit court of Livingston County denied the motion. A divided panel of the appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that counsel's certificate...

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