Legal Opinion

People v. Coty

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 2020No. 123972PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

2020 IL 123972

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 123972) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM COTY, Appellee. Opinion filed June 4, 2020. JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and Justices Kilbride, Garman, Theis, Neville, and Michael J. Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 In this appeal, the State challenges the appellate court’s determination that the circuit court’s imposition of a discretionary, 50-year sentence for this intellectually disabled defendant amounts to an…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by30 opinions

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