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PEOPLE v. CENTENO

No. 1-99-1378.

776 N.E.2d 629 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 604

267 Ill.Dec. 257

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin CENTENO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Manny Magence, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Melvin Centeno, was found guilty of first-degree felony murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 1994)) and armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2 (West 1994)). While defendant was found eligible for the death penalty, the circuit court found the presence of sufficient mitigating factors to preclude imposition of that punishment and sentenced defendant to a term of natural life for murder and a...

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