Opinion ID: 684388
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Heading: Imposition of 30-year sentence

Text: 31 Petitioner challenges the sentence of 30 years in prison imposed by the Appellate Court of Illinois for two counts of attempted murder, four counts of aggravated battery and two counts of armed violence. Petitioner contends that the sentence is disproportionate and the result of a constitutionally flawed process. We reject both contentions. 32 As Judge Williams observed in the court below, a federal court will not normally review a state sentencing determination which, as here, falls within the statutory limit. Williams v. Duckworth, 738 F.2d 828, 831 (7th Cir.1984). There has been no showing that the sentencing court lacked jurisdiction to impose this term or committed a constitutional error making the sentence fundamentally unfair. Bean v. United States, 679 F.2d 683, 685 (7th Cir.1982). 33 The reduced sentence was within the statutory range and has not been shown to be fundamentally unfair through constitutional error. The Appellate Court of Illinois considered mitigating circumstances in reducing petitioner's sentence from 40 years to 30. Gleason, 181 Ill.Dec. at 276, 608 N.E.2d at 349. The sentence will not be disturbed. 34 The district court's decision is affirmed.