People v. Lopez

*79 ¶ 1 Defendant, Jamie L. Lopez, appeals the third-stage denial of his successive postconviction petition, arguing that the court erred in denying his postconviction petition where the sentencing court failed to consider defendant's youth when determining his sentence. We affirm.

¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 1995, defendant was convicted of first degree murder ( 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1994) ) and aggravated battery ( id. § 12-4(b)(1) ). The evidence at trial established that Chad Van Klavern and Craig Jordan were attacked with a club. Our brief review of the facts is based on our order in People…