Legal Opinion

People v. Calhoun

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 5, 2007No. 1-05-4073PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Leontea Calhoun entered a plea of guilty to two counts of reckless homicide and was subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that the circuit court violated his due process rights by failing to provide him with the opportunity to choose to be sentenced under the statute in effect at the time of the offense or the law in effect at the time of sentencing.

BACKGROUND

Defendant was charged by indictment with four counts of reckless homicide and two counts of felony…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
  3. People v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
  4. People v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1997
  5. People v. HollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. GancarzIllinois Supreme Court · 2008
  2. People v. WinninghamAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
  3. People v. StrawbridgeAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
  4. People v. GlassAppellate Court of Illinois · 2017
  5. People v. RogersAppellate Court of Illinois · 2015

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