Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
(Court opinion corrected 1/6/17.) Defendant, age 16 at time of offense, was convicted, after jury trial, as an adult of 1st-degree murder and of personally discharging a firearm that caused another's death; and sentenced to 50 years. Defendant's sentence is within today's permissible sentencing range of 20 years to natural life. Thus, sentence is not excessive measured against standard of today's statutes. Defendant did not establish the prejudice needed to file a successive postconviction petition. (HALL and REYES, concurring.)