Legal Opinion
Kaczmarek v. Rednour
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 2010No. 09-2417PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Henry Kaczmarek was convicted of murder in Illinois state court in 1996. At that time, the maximum sentence for murder in Illinois was forty years, with the possibility of a sentence enhancement up to natural life if the crime was determined to be “accompanied by exceptionally brutal and heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty.” 730 ILCS § 5/5 — 8—1 (a)(1)(b). Kaczmarek was sentenced to life in prison based on the trial court’s finding that the murder was exceptionally brutal and heinous. After exhausting his appeals in the Illinois state court system, Kaczmarek…
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