ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — On Thursday, June 3rd, Cory Gregory had a court appearance in Rock Island County. The prosecuting attorney and the defense came to an agreement on who will give Cory Gregory get a psych evaluation.
This comes after new case law in Illinois allowed Gregory to be granted for an appeal.
Gregory was charged with a de facto life sentencing in 2006. A de facto life sentence is a non-life sentence that means the person will either likely die in prison before their release or spend the majority of their life behind bars. Cory Gregory was sentenced to 45 years in prison when he was a teenager for the death of Adrianne Reynolds. Gregory and Sarah Kolb, both classmates of Adrianne held Adrianne down, strangled her, and dismembered her body. Sarah Kolb was denied the option of an appeal.
Cory Gregory will be back in a Rock Island County courtroom on July 1st, 2021.