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People v. Young

Citations

  • 619 N.E.2d 851
  • 250 Ill. App. 3d 55
  • 189 Ill. Dec. 150
  • 1993 Ill. App. LEXIS 1331

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  • finding that the defendant’s alcohol abuse, which in some cases may be considered in mitigation, was properly considered as evidence that the defendant lacked rehabilitative potential
  • affirming trial court’s finding that the defendant was not mentally impaired despite an IQ of 76 and “ ‘significant psychological and emotional problems’ ”
  • rejecting the defendant’s claim that the trial court did not properly consider his “mental retardation” as a mitigating factor where the defendant presented no definitive evidence of the condition
  • “ ‘[I]mprisonment, indeed, will entail hardship upon [a defendant’s] dependents, and most imprisonment does do exactly that.’ ”

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Judges: Quetsch

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