People v. Magnus

Defendant appeals his consecutive, extended-term 30-year sentence for second degree murder, raising as issues for review whether the circuit court erred in (1) sentencing him to an extended term; and (2) sentencing him to consecutive terms for first and second degree murder.

On July 3, 1990 at 9:45 p.m., Kimberly Richards and Gerri Gilmore met their respective boyfriends, Garland Darnell Grant and Derrick Lofton, at Bessemer Park on Chicago’s south side. The park is located in a neighborhood in which the Latin Kings street gang assert "control.” The Latin Kings are part of an umbrella group…