Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Postconviction Petitions
(Court opinion corrected 5/1/20.) Defendant, age 20 at time of offenses, was convicted, after jury trial, of 2 counts of 1st degree murder of his grandmother and her friend, and 1 count of concealment of a homicidal death. Defendant's mandatory life sentence was not unconstitutional as applied under the proportionate penalties clause of Illinois Constitution, especially given the violent and serious nature of these murders. Defendant's claims are without merit, and his factual assertions are unsupported. Thus, court properly denied his motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition. (CATES and WHARTON, concurring.)