Illinois Supreme Court· 7/30/1992

People v. Jackson

Citations

599 N.E.2d 926
149 Ill. 2d 540
174 Ill. Dec. 842
1992 Ill. LEXIS 111

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noting in dicta a majority of jurisdictions permit introduction of evidence of other criminal conduct at sentencing regardless of defendant’s acquittal of that conduct
holding “outstanding indictments or other criminal conduct for which there has been no prosecution or conviction may be considered in sentencing” when presented by witnesses who can be confronted and cross-examined and the defendant has an opportunity to rebut the testimony
sentencing court properly considers the defendant’s moral character, his social environment, and his motivations for committing crime
“[O]utstanding indictments or other criminal conduct for 8 No. 1-18-0274 which there has been no prosecution or conviction may be considered in sentencing.”
sentencing court properly considers the defendant's moral character, his social environment, and his motivations for committing crime
sentencing court properly considers the defendant’s moral character, his social environment, and his motivations for committing crime

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Judges: Miller, Clark, Bilandic, Freeman

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