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U.S. v. CASTONGUAY

No. 87-1555.

843 F.2d 51 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John CASTONGUAY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall D. Stein, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Cherwin & Glickman, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Cerise Lim-Epstein, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Frank L. McNamara, Jr., U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

After being convicted of an especially heinous crime (the kidnapping, battery, and rape of a nine-year old girl) the defendant, John Castonguay, was found by the trial judge to remain dangerous and without remorse. The judge, after colloquy concerning his authority to do so, imposed a maximum sentence of 75 years imprisonment, with a minimum term to be served of 25 years. The defendant's appeal challenges the court's authority to establish such...

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