United States v. Michael James O'driscoll, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae

BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the sentence imposed by the trial court upon appellant O’Driscoll, for kidnapping, following conviction by a jury, of three hundered years in prison, with eligibility of parole following service of ninety-nine years, is outside the applicable statutory limits and thus illegal and an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. 586 F.Supp. 1486 (1984). O’Driscoll entered a guilty plea to a charge of armed robbery prior to his trial on the kidnapping charge. A review of the facts relative to O’Driscoll’s commission of the…