Question: Assume you are a college student in Arizona who goes to a football game one weekend and later attends a raucous fraternity party. After midnight, and while you and four of your friends are slightly drunk, you drive back to your dormitory. En route, the five of you decide to "have more fun" and burglarize McDonald's, Burger King, and Taco Bell, three fast-food places in town that are near each other. You and your friends are caught by the police and later charged with three counts each of burglary. You are tried and found guilty. Assume that the laws in Arizona provide for a maximum of 5 years for burglary. Questions:
(1) How much time will you serve in prison?
(2) Will you and your four friends serve the same amount of time?
(3) Assume, further, that you are given maximum time for each of the three burglaries by the judge, but one of your friends, who in fact was the mastermind, was given the minimum penalty. You appeal your sentence, saying it is totally unfair. Will your appeal succeed? Why or why not?