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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