State v. Bacon

Defendant appeals his sentence for felony murder arguing that: (1) the disparity between defendant’s sentence and that imposed on a co-perpetrator violates defendant’s right to equal protection of the laws, (2) the victim’s standing in the community was improperly considered by the sentencing judge, and (3) juror testimony was improperly excluded. We affirm.

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Defendant was convicted of felony murder 1 and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Defendant’s co-perpetrator, Charles Gundlah, was sentenced by a different judge to sixty years to life with the possibility for…