PEOPLE v. LEE

Nos. 1-98-3631, 1-99-2203.

743 N.E.2d 1019 (2000)

318 Ill.App.3d 417

252 Ill.Dec. 863

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert LEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Michael Pelletier, Deputy Defender & Manuel Serritos, Asst. Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, & James Jennings, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Albert Lee, was found guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery and sentenced to concurrent prison terms of natural life for murder and 50 years for armed robbery. He filed the instant timely appeal, arguing that the natural life sentence is excessive. During the pendency of this appeal, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey,...

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