People v. Gomez

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-09-2185 Official Reports

Case Date: 09/30/2011

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People v. Gomez, 2011 IL App (1st) 092185

Appellate Court Caption

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARLOS GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

First District, Fifth Division Docket No. 1-09-2185 September 30, 2011 Defendant's convictions and sentences for first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion involving a 63year-old woman were upheld over his contentions that his motion to quash his arrest and suppress his statements was improperly denied, the State failed to prove the victim was alive when she was assaulted, the trial court violated Supreme Court Rule 431(b), and the sentence of natural life imprisonment for first degree murder was an abuse of discretion.

Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 01-CR-811; the Hon. Jorge Luis Alonso, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Affirmed.

Counsel on Appeal

Michael J. Pelletier, Alan D. Goldberg, and Geoffrey Burkhart, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant. Anita M. Alvarez, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Alan J. Spellberg, John E. Nowak, and Jessica R. Ball, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Cahill and Garcia concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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