Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Defendant, age 17 at time of offense, was convicted, after jury trial, of 10 counts of 1st-degree murder for stabbing and slashing his friend's parents. He was initially sentenced to natural life in prison, but was resentenced to 2 concurrent 90-year prison terms, which constitute de facto life imprisonment. Court properly considered Defendant's youth and its attendant characteristics in imposing the sentences and specifically enumerated and weighed the Miller v. Alabama factors during resentencing.(BRIDGES and ZENOFF, concurring.)