Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Murder
(Modified upon denial of rehearing 6/15/17.) Defendant, age 18 at time of offense, was convicted, after bench trial, of 2 counts of 1st degree murder by accountability and sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Defendant's personal history included significant mental health issues and traumas. Defendant played a critical role in developing criminal plan, which included concealing bodies of 2 persons who had been lured to apartment where they were robbed and killed, and was actively complicit in execution of robbery. Natural life sentence was not unconstitutional as applied. (CARTER and SCHMIDT, concurring.)