Legal Opinion
Peretz v. Sims
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 2011No. 10-3945PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Peter Peretz was convicted of aggravated driving while license revoked and sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment. The conviction carried with it a mandatory minimum sentence of 180 days. After being awarded statutory good-time credit, Peretz received a tentative nine-month prison sentence. By statute, the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) may award up to an additional 180 days of meritorious good-time credit. Because the full award of 180 days of additional good-time credit would bring Peretz below the mandatory minimum sentence of 180 days,…
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