United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Larsen, 08-3088
Defendant's convictions for kidnapping and interstate domestic violence and sentence to life in prison, for brutally beating his ex-wife, stuffing her in a garbage can, and leaving her in a storage facility, are affirmed where: 1) the Interstate Domestic Violence Act lies well within the scope of Congress's power to regulate the channels or instrumentalities of, or persons in, interstate commerce; 2) defendant's convictions are not multiplicitous as the crimes of kidnapping and interstate domestic violence contain different elements and each requires proof of a fact that the other does not; 3) district court's admission of physical evidence obtained during the warrantless search of defendant's home was ultimately harmless; and 4) defendant's life sentence was not unreasonable.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/05/2009
- Decided 08/04/2010
- Published 08/04/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit