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CHONTOS v. BERGHUIS

No. 08-1031.

585 F.3d 1000 (2009)

Joseph CHONTOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mary BERGHUIS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Rosemary Gordon Pánuco, Law Office, Tucson, Arizona, for Appellant. Janet A. Van Cleve, Michigan Attorney General's Office, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Rosemary Gordon Pánuco, Law Office, Tucson, Arizona, for Appellant. Raina Korbakis, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BATCHELDER, Chief Judge; BOGGS and COOK, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Joseph Chontos guilty of violating several laws. His most serious offense—first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under the age of thirteen—carried a maximum statutory penalty of "imprisonment for life or any term of years." Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.520b(2)(b). The Michigan trial court imposed a 40-year maximum sentence and a 225-month minimum. Chontos appealed his conviction and...

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