People v. Peters

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-09-2839 Official Reports

Case Date: 08/22/2011

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Appellate Court

People v. Peters, 2011 IL App (1st) 092839

Appellate Court Caption

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JERRY PETERS, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

First District, First Division Docket No. 1-09-2839 August 22, 2011 Defendant's convictions for predatory criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual assault and his sentence to natural life were upheld over his contentions that the trial court violated Supreme Court Rule 431(b) and that his sentence violated the proportionate penalties clause, but the mittimus was corrected to accurately reflect his convictions.

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. 08-CR-16590; the Hon. James B. Linn, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Affirmed; mittimus corrected.

Counsel on Appeal

Stephen L Gentry, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant. Anita M. Alvarez, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Alan J. Spellberg, Jon Walters, and Anne L. Magats, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Hall and Justice Hoffman concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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