United States v. Willie Johnson

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Willie Johnson challenges the district court's order resentencing him for armed bank robbery and related crimes following a successful petition vacating his original sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . The district court honored the sentencing recommendation in Johnson's original plea agreement, in which the government agreed not to seek a mandatory life sentence under the federal three-strikes law. See 18 U.S.C. § 3559 (c). Johnson now argues that he received no benefit from the plea agreement because his prior conviction for a New York robbery offense would…