Supreme Court of Illinois

In a conviction for the offenses of home invasion, attempted first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and armed robbery, the sentence of seven consecutive sentences of natural-life imprisonment is reversed and modified so that the sentences to run concurrently where consecutive terms for natural life are illogical and could not be what the legislature intended.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2006
• Published 01/20/2006

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Mary Katherine Moran, Special State's Attorney, St. Charles (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, Katherine D. Saunders, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Martin P. Moltz and John R. Roe, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Darren E. Miller, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for appellee.