Opinion ID: 2241961
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Heading: Errors During Sentencing

Text: Defendant further argues that the State had an obligation to inform the trial court of the fact that the State had offered defendant an 80-year prison term in exchange for a guilty plea. Defendant suggests that such an offer constitutes mitigating evidence. Defendant has cited no legal authority for this proposition; therefore, the argument is waived. 155 Ill.2d R. 341; People v. Felella, 131 Ill.2d 525, 540, 137 Ill.Dec. 547, 546 N.E.2d 492 (1989). Defendant also contends that the defendant's lack of any significant criminal history is a mitigating factor which precludes the imposition of the death penalty as a matter of law. We previously rejected this argument on direct appeal ( Madej, 106 Ill.2d at 221, 88 Ill.Dec. 77, 478 N.E.2d 392); therefore, the argument is barred ( People v. Silagy, 116 Ill.2d 357, 365, 107 Ill.Dec. 677, 507 N.E.2d 830 (1987)).