Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Defendant, age 20 at time of offense, pled guilty to 2 counts of 1st-degree murder and was sentenced to 55 years. In light of the aggravating and mitigating factors, Defendant's sentence is neither unconstitutional nor excessive. Defendant was eligible for a natural-life or extended-term sentence based on a finding of wanton cruelty and also because victim was 83 years old. Sentence is not greatly at variance with spirit and purpose of the law or manifestly disproportionate to nature of offense.(McLAREN and ZENOFF, concurring.)