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PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 1-15-1540.

95 N.E.3d 1162 (2017)

2017 IL App 1st 151540

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Opinion filed December 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Patricia Mysza , and Sean Collins-Stapleton , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Mari R. Hatzenbuehler , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

¶ 1 Appellate courts generally defer to the sentencing judge's decision. But "generally" does not mean "always," and "defer" does not mean "acquiesce." Our sentencing laws must be interpreted in accord with common sense and reason so as to avoid an absurd or...

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