Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Defendant, age 15 at time of offense, pled guilty to 1 count of 1st-degree murder and 1 count of attempted murder, and sentenced to total of 68 years. Sentence is a de facto life sentence and cannot stand based on the considerations in his original sentencing hearing. Sentencing court did not sufficiently consider Defendant's youth or make the other irreparability finding that would allow for Defendant to be permissibly subject to a de facto life sentence. (PIERCE and WALKER, concurring.)