People v. Stafford

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
2018 IL App (4th) 140309-B
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Woodford Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
KNECHT

Defendant, age 17 at time of offense, was convicted, after jury trial, of 4 counts of 1st degree murder and 1 count of 1st degree felony murder, in stabbing death of woman, and was sentenced to natural life in prison. Court sufficiently considered Defendants youth and its attendant characteristics prior to sentencing him.(HARRIS and TURNER, concurring.)