People v. Ligon

Following a jury trial, defendant Dennis Ligón was found guilty of aggravated vehicular hijacking and was sentenced to natural life in prison. On appeal, defendant contends (1) that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that there was a fatal variance between his indictment and the proof submitted at trial; (3) that his trial counsel was ineffective; (4) that he was denied a fair trial by comments made by the State in its closing argument; and (5) that section 33B — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/33B — 1 (West 2002)), pursuant to which defendant’s sentence was…