Stage appears set for Cantrell sentencing
NWI Times
Mar 5, 2009
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Former political fixer Robert Cantrell is due in Hammond federal court Thursday morning for his long-delayed sentencing on federal corruption charges.
Attorneys for Cantrell, 66, of Schererville, filed six motions that pushed back court proceedings after June 6, the day a jury convicted the East Chicago-based Democratic operative of 11 counts involving kickbacks and fraud. No new motions were filed this week, according to the federal courts online database.
Between June and October, defense attorney Kevin Milner filed four successful motions for more time to seek a new trial. Milner moved for a new trial in October, claiming no witness ever formally identified Cantrell during his trial. Judge Rudy Lozano rejected that argument.
It is unclear how much prison time Cantrell might face. His sentence will depend on sentencing guidelines, arguments by the prosecution and defense and a pre-sentence report from probation officials.
That report remained confidential before Thursday's hearing.
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