Legal Opinion
MacK v. Battaglia
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 28, 2006No. 05 C 2999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
On August 25, 2005, this Court issued an opinion and order granting Larry Mack’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (R. 24; R. 25.) The Court granted the petition based on our review of the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision affirming Mack’s natural life sentence. 1 The Illinois Appellate Court had found that the re-sentencing court violated the rule of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), in sentencing Mack to natural life in prison, but that this error was harmless…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- MacK v. McCannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Mack, Larry v. McCann, TerryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008