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By Samuel Partida, Jr.
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People v. Miles, 2020 IL App (1st) 180736 (January). Episode 740 (Duration 10:57)
Mandatory X sentence has to be brought back down to a class 2 felony because defendant was a juvenile when one of the predicate felonies was committed.
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People v. Foreman, 2019 IL App (3d) 160334 (April). Episode 629 (Duration 5:42)
A felony DWLR can’t be used to sentence and individual as a mandatory X sentence.
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People v. Allen, 2017 IL App (1st) 151540 (December). Episode 430 (Duration 9:24)
10 and a half years for burglary to a car are reduced to six years because the second division in the first district says so. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
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People ex rel. Glasgow v. Carlson, 2016 IL 120544 (December). Episode 382 (Duration 10:20)
Mandamus awarded to force trial court to sentence defendant as a class X offender.
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People v. Smith, 2016 IL 119659 (December). Episode 288 (Duration 8:06)
Defendant is eligible for mandatory x sentencing because he turned 21 by the time the court found him guilty even though he was under 21 at the time he was charged.
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People v. Busse, 2016 IL App (1st) 142941 (December). Episode 280 (Duration 8:27)
A paltry crime for a paltry sum does not warrant the paltry sentence of 12 years. [Read more…]