People v. Huff

2024 IL 128492

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 128492) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD HUFF, Appellant. Opinion filed February 1, 2024. JUSTICE O’BRIEN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Theis and Justices Neville, Overstreet, Holder White, Cunningham, and Rochford concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Petitioner, Richard Huff, filed a pro se postconviction petition alleging that his natural life sentence was unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey,

530 U.S. 466

(2000). The petition was…