Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Defendant, age 17 at time of offense, pled guilty to 1st degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death, and was sentenced to 40 years and 5 years, which is a de facto life sentence. Court neither stated nor implied that Defendant was beyond the possibility of rehabilitation, instead expressing ambivalence on the question of Defendant’s potential for rehabilitation. Sentence violates 8th amendment. (CARTER and WRIGHT, concurring.)