Convicted mass murderer James Degorski appeared in Cook County court today to hear Judge Vincent M. Gaughan officially enter his sentence of natural life in prison.

Degorski was convicted last month of killing seven people at a Palatine's Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant in 1993. Gaughan set a Dec. 2 date for the defense to file post-trial motions.

The same jury sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ten jurors had wanted to sentence him to death, but two refused. A death penalty verdict must be unanimous.

Degorski's high school friend and co-defendant, Juan Luna, was convicted in 2007. He's serving a life sentence at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet.