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Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//December 6, 2017//

Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//December 6, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Roy Lee Rogers

Case No.: 2016AP2094-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Roy Rogers, pro se, appeals orders denying separate postconviction motions to vacate his 1994 sentence and modify it to life imprisonment with parole eligibility on January 1, 2020. He argues: (1) his sentence violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment; (2) decisions of the United States Supreme Court regarding sentencing for juvenile offenders constitute a new factor warranting sentence modification; and (3) the sentencing court erroneously exercised its discretion when it imposed the same sentence it imposed for an adult co-defendant. We reject these arguments and affirm the orders.

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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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