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Sentencing

By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2016//

Sentencing

By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2016//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Larry Frazier v. John E. Varga

Case No.: 15-2661

Officials: KANNE, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing

Just days after his release from prison in 1995, petitioner Larry Frazier entered the apartment of a sixty-two-year-old woman and attempted to rob her at gunpoint. For his troubles, he received a bullet wound. Frazier was convicted of home invasion and sentenced to sixty years. The sentence was increased because of the victim’s age. After failing to obtain relief from the conviction and sentence in the state courts, Frazier sought federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He now appeals the district court’s denial of his petition. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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