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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Devontae Martin
23-3086
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division. Judge Phillip Simon. Affirms Devontae Martin’s life sentence for his role in a July 2017 federal drug offense in which a fellow drug dealer shot and killed a local car wash owner believed to possess a substantial stash of cocaine. Finds the district court did not construe the sentencing guidelines generally or specifically as limiting its discretion to sentence Martin to something less than life imprisonment. Also finds that the district court did not sentence Martin based on inaccurate information. Attorneys for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Hammond: Philip Benson, Joseph Cooley, Thomas Mahoney, Joel Mathur, Thomas McGrath, David Nozick, Caitlin Padula, Kimberly Schultz. Attorneys for the defendant: Mark Psimos, Thomas Patton, Matthew Fech.
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