United States Seventh Circuit

80-year sentence for felony murder is affirmed where the judge was authorized, upon finding that defendant was eligible for the death penalty, to sentence him to a greater term of years than was allowed for non-capital first-degree murder cases.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2006
• Decided 07/21/2006
• Published 07/21/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gene C. Schaerr, Peter Kryn Dykema (argued), Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.