United States Seventh Circuit

District court properly refused to vacate the habeas writ entitling petitioner to a new sentencing hearing. The commutation of his capital sentence to a natural-life sentence has not rendered the writ moot, since it entitles him to seek an ordinary life sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/21/2004
• Published 04/21/2004

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marc R. Kadish (submitted a brief), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellee., Marie Quinlivan Czech (submitted a brief), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for respondent-appellant.