Aurora Man Gets 25 Years In Brutal Stabbing Incident

A 49-year-old Aurora man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his brutal stabbing of a man in 2023.

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced Friday that Duka M. Smith has agreed to a sentence of 25 years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty plea to the offense of Armed Violence, a Class X felony. Judge David Kliment accepted the plea.

According to prosecutors, on November 12, 2023, Smith and the victim were at an apartment when they had a disagreement which turned physical, and Smith began stabbing the victim with a knife…

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