Supreme Court of Illinois

Sentences of 12 years' imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter and five years for felony unlawful use of a weapon are affirmed where the trial court properly sentenced defendant to an enhanced sentence for the offense of involuntary manslaughter in light of the victim's status as a family or household member.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2008
• Published 12/04/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier and Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defenders, Linda Olthoff, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and Noah C. Montague, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.