People v. Brown

Docket No. 100956. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WOODROW BROWN, Appellee. Opinion filed April 5, 2007. JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION Defendant, Woodrow Brown, is an inmate in the Department of Corrections, where he is serving a 28-year sentence for attempted murder of a police officer, a crime he committed in 1997 at the age of 16. The issue presented by this…