Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Defendant, age 15 at time of offense, was convicted of 1st degree murder, and was sentenced to 50 years. Defendant's pro se postconviction petition, arguing that sentence was a de facto life sentence and violated the 8th amendment, set forth an arguable basis in law and fact. Court's extremely brief reference to Defendant's youth was arguably an insufficient consideration of youth and its attendant circumstances.(O'BRIEN and WRIGHT, concurring.)