PEOPLE v. LIGON

No. 1-12-0913.

14 N.E.3d 497 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 120913

383 Ill. Dec. 214

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis LIGON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , John E. Nowak , Veronica Calderon Malavia , and Kathryn A. Schierl , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice HOFFMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 A jury found the defendant, Dennis Ligon, guilty of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a dangerous weapon, a Class X felony, under section 18-4(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/18-4(a)(3) (West 2004)). Determining that this was the defendant's third Class X felony conviction, the court sentenced him to a term of mandatory life imprisonment as an habitual...

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