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PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 3-14-0723.

53 N.E.3d 995 (2016)

403 Ill. Dec. 358

2016 IL App (3d) 140723

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Motion to Publish Granted April 25, 2016.

Opinion Filed April 25, 2016.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shobha L. Mahadev and Scott F. Main (argued), both of Bluhm Legal Clinic, and Angela M Weis (argued), of Sidley Austin LLP, both of Chicago, for appellant.

James Glasgow , State's Attorney, of Joliet ( Thomas D. Arado (argued), of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Marsha Levick , of Juvenile Law Center, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Bruce A. Boyer , of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, of Chicago, for amici curiae Juvenile Law Center, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Civitas Childlaw Clinic.

OPINION

¶ 1 In July 1984, a Will County jury convicted defendant, James Walker, of felony murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 38, ¶ 9-1). He was 17 years old at the time of the offense. The court sentenced him to natural life imprisonment without the possibility of...

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