Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Defendant, age 22 at time of offense, was sentenced to life for murder of gun shop owner. Defendant, who then had 12 prior convictions including 4 felonies, was an accomplice to the murder but had an extensive and crucial role in planning and facilitating the murder, which was especially prolonged and sadistic. Defendant's postconviction petition that his sentence violated 8th amendment and the Illinois Constitution's proportionate-penalties clause did not satisfy the cause or prejudice prong of Seciton 122-1(f) of Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (McLAREN and HUDSON, concurring.)