1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.E.3d
  4. 121 N.E.3d
  5. 121 N.E.3d 453 (2018)
 

PEOPLE v. WALKER

Appeal No. 3-14-0723.

121 N.E.3d 453 (2018)

2018 IL App (3d) 140723-B

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing denied April 24, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Children & Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law ( Shobha L. Mahadev and Scott F. Main , of counsel, and Lari Dierks , Margaret Houseknecht , and Robyn Bernstein , law students), and Angela M. Weis , of Sidley Austin LLP, both of Chicago, for appellant.

James W. Glasgow , State's Attorney, of Joliet ( Patrick Delfino , David J. Robinson , and Thomas D. Arado , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Bruce A. Boyer , of Chicago, and Marsha L. Levick , of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for amicus curiae Juvenile Law Center.

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...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases