People v. Evangelista 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Mitigating Factors
Citation
Case Number: 
Nos. 2-07-1022 & 2-07-1023 Cons.
Decision Date: 
Thursday, July 30, 2009
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
DuPage Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed as modified in part and vacated in part.
Justice: 
SCHOSTOK
Trial court within its discretion to not consider Defendant's daily alcohol use since age 12, and long-time drug use, as mitigating factors in sentencing Defendant to two concurrent nine-year prison terms for residential burglary, given Defendant's failure to avail himself of numerous opportunities for treatment.