People v. Foxx

Defendant, age 15 at time of offense, was sentenced to 2 terms of life imprisonment for conviction of 2 counts of 1st degree murder and 2 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. As Defendant was age 34 at time of his resentencing hearing, transfer to juvenile court would have proven impracticable. As Defendant's cause could not have been transferred to juvenile court under 2016 amendments to automatic transfer provision, Defendant failed to establish prejudice and ineffective assistance of counsel claims fail. Defendant chose to be sentenced under laws in 1997, the year he committed the offenses. Sentence is not vastly disproportionate to seriousness of the offenses. (HOWSE and COBBS, concurring.)