GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty for a fatal 2015 shooting outside a party.
Marquitte L. West of Aurora was set for a jury trial this week in Kane County Circuit Court. However, he pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Derrick Page of Plainfield.
The 26-year-old West was accused of shooting Page in the head during a fight outside a party in September 2015. West faced 20 to 60 years if convicted of first-degree murder, plus another 25 years in prison if jurors determined he fired the shot that killed Page.
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Under state law, West must serve 100 percent of his prison term. He gets credit for the nearly 35 months he was held in Kane County Jail.
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