People v. Applewhite

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 142330
Decision Date: 
Friday, December 9, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 6th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
CUNNINGHAM

Defendant, age 17 at time of offense, negotiated and agreed to 45-year sentence for 1st-degree murder; judge had discretion to accept plead agreement and impose the agreed-upon sentence. Mandatory 25-year firearm enhancement, as applied to Defendant's sentence, did not violate his 8th amendment rights or proportionate penalties clause of Illinois constitution. (ROCHFORD and DELORT, concurring.)